The Missoulian has an article about how Norman Maclean, in researching the fire behavior on the Mann Gulch fire in 1979, sought out Dick Rothermel of the Fire Sciences Laboratory in Missoula when Maclean was working on his “Young Men and Fire” book. Here is an excerpt from the article: Rothermel, an aeronautical engineer, had … Continue reading "Dick Rothermel’s collaboration with Norman Maclean"