Why humans build fires shaped the same way

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Bejan, Adrian ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; HEAT; HEATING; HUMAN; PROCEDURES;

ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; HEATING; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS;

EID: 84930966115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11270     Document Type: Article

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