The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next

by Stephen J. Pyne

Book Overview

A provocative rethinking of how humans and fire have evolved together over time--and our responsibility to reorient this relationship before it's too late.​

The Pyrocene tells the story of what happened when a fire-wielding species, humanity, met an especially fire-receptive time in Earth's history. Since terrestrial life first appeared, flames have flourished. Over the past two million years, however, one genus gained...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520391632
• ISBN13: 9780520391635
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"