fire: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
General treatments of fire include Stephen J. Pyne, Fire: A Brief History (2001); and Raymond Shackelford, Fire Behavior and Combustion Processes (2009). Johan Goudsblom, Fire and Civilization (1994); and Stephen J. Pyne, World Fire: The Culture of Fire on Earth (2010), consider the various uses of fire in cultural settings.
Textbook considerations of fire and combustion include James G. Quintiere, Principles of Fire Behavior (1998); Raymond Friedman, Principles of Fire Protection Chemistry and Physics, 3rd ed. (1998, reissued 2009); Mark Cochrane, Tropical Fire Ecology: Climate Change, Land Use, and Ecosystem Dynamics (2010); Dennis P. Nolan, Handbook of Fire and Explosion Protection Engineering Principles for Oil, Gas, Chemical, and Related Facilities, 3rd ed. (2014); and Richard G. Gann and Raymond Friedman, Principles of Fire Behavior and Combustion, 4th ed. (2015).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Business LibreTexts - Introduction to Fire Protection and Prevention. | Jan 30, 2026 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 12, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Mar 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biblical Cyclopedia - Fire. | Aug 11, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - Fire Symbolism: Flames that Ignite Faiths and Inspire Minds. | May 02, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Society - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences - The discovery of fire by humans: a long and convoluted process. | Mar 22, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Business LibreTexts - Introduction to Fire Protection and Prevention. | Dec 29, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: JewishEncyclopedia.com - Fire. | Aug 30, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Science Kids - Fun Science and Technology for Kids! - Fire Facts for Kids. | Dec 14, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Science Learning Hub - Fire. | Sep 14, 2016 | ||
| Added video about fire. | Dec 03, 2015 | ||
| Added a photo of a burning wooden match. | Dec 03, 2015 | ||
| New bibliography created. | Jan 16, 2015 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - Why Does Smoke Come From A Fire? | Feb 10, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 11, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |