What is Fire?

What is Fire?

Throughout human history, fire has been the subject of fear, fascination, reverence and even worship.

 

Fire, to scientists, is defined as a self-sustaining chain reaction of chemical oxidation that brings the evolution of heat and light. It occurs whenever a fuel of some kind comes into contact with an oxidizing substance, usually oxygen, in the presence of sufficient heat. This is how a fire is born. 

 

To the Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, who first proposed the ideas of the union of opposites and universal flux, fire was the most important material in the world.

 

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