{"product_id":"the-pyrocene-9780520391635","title":"The Pyrocene","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An excellent grounding in how fire functions, how we think about it and why that matters. In Pyne’s hands, fire becomes more than simply a natural phenomenon.\" * Los Angeles Times *\u003cbr\u003e\"Stephen J. Pyne takes a measured, historical, and ecological approach to fire. . . . [A] brief but highly impactful book.\" * Science *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Pyrocene\u003c\/i\u003e is his fullest elucidation yet of how humanity has entered a new age of fire, one that redefines the human-altered era of the Anthropocene. And Pyne . . . is certainly the best writer to make this argument.\" * Nature *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Pyrocene\u003c\/i\u003e may be just the type of analysis that we need to reformulate our understanding of fire and to prepare for the \u003ci\u003elongue duree\u003c\/i\u003e of a fire age.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Natural Resources and Environment *\u003cbr\u003e\"A tremendous read, an incisive account of the history and science of fire alongside the evolution of hominids.\" * Organic Gardener *\u003cbr\u003e\"Pyne’s book is [a] wonderful and worthy read.\" * Metascience *\u003cbr\u003e\"A sweeping, deep biological and geological history of the Earth and how its human inhabitants have for the first time shaped its current state and future.\" * Utah Historical Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Pyne’s book is another wonderful and worthy read. It is a culmination of his work and thinking about fire spanning over forty years.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Springer Nature *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue: Between Three Fires \u003cbr\u003e 1 Fire Planet: Fire Slow, Fire Fast, Fire Deep\u003cbr\u003e 2 The Pleistocene\u003cbr\u003e 3 Fire Creature: Living Landscapes\u003cbr\u003e 4 Fire Creature: Lithic Landscapes\u003cbr\u003e 5 The Pyrocene \u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Sixth Sun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Author's Note\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographic Essay\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864929677655,"sku":"9780520391635","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520391635.jpg?v=1722273302","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-pyrocene-9780520391635","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}