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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 * Stephen J. Pyne takes a measured, historical, and ecological approach to fire. . . . [A] brief but highly impactful book. * Science * The Pyrocene 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 * The Pyrocene may be just the type of analysis that we need to reformulate our understanding of fire and to prepare for the longue duree of a fire age. * Natural Resources and Environment *

"""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 * ""Stephen J. Pyne takes a measured, historical, and ecological approach to fire. . . . [A] brief but highly impactful book."" * Science * ""The Pyrocene 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 * ""The Pyrocene may be just the type of analysis that we need to reformulate our understanding of fire and to prepare for the longue duree of a fire age."" * Natural Resources and Environment * ""A tremendous read, an incisive account of the history and science of fire alongside the evolution of hominids."" * Organic Gardener * ""Pyne’s book is [a] wonderful and worthy read."" * Metascience *"

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 * Stephen J. Pyne takes a measured, historical, and ecological approach to fire. . . . [A] brief but highly impactful book. * Science * The Pyrocene 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 * The Pyrocene may be just the type of analysis that we need to reformulate our understanding of fire and to prepare for the longue duree of a fire age. * Natural Resources and Environment * A tremendous read, an incisive account of the history and science of fire alongside the evolution of hominids. * Organic Gardener *

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Stephen J. Pyne is Professor Emeritus at Arizona State University and author of many books on the history and management of fire, including Fire: A Brief History and Between Two Fires: A Fire History of Contemporary America.

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