Editing Fahrenheit 451 (section)

==Title ==

The title page of the book explains the title as follows: ''Fahrenheit 451—The temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns...''. On inquiring about the temperature at which paper would catch fire, Bradbury had been told that {{convert|451|F|C}} was the [[Autoignition temperature#Autoignition temperature of selected substances|autoignition temperature]] of paper.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rogers|first=John|title=Author of 'Fahrenheit 451', Ray Bradbury, Dies at 91|date=June 6, 2012|agency=Associated Press|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|url=https://www.usnews.com/science/news/articles/2012/06/06/ray-bradbury-author-of-fahrenheit-451-dies|access-date=August 3, 2013|quote=(451 degrees Fahrenheit, Bradbury had been told, was the temperature at which texts went up in flames)|archive-date=August 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817223753/http://www.usnews.com/science/news/articles/2012/06/06/ray-bradbury-author-of-fahrenheit-451-dies|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The View from the Cheap Seats |first=Neil |last=Gaiman |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=978-0-06-226226-4 |chapter=Ray Bradbury, ''Fahrenheit 451'', and what science fiction is and does |page=180 |quotation=He called the Los Angeles fire department and asked them at what temperature paper burned. ''Fahrenheit 451'', somebody told him. He had his title. It didn't matter if it was true or not.|date=May 31, 2016 }}</ref> In various studies, scientists have placed the autoignition temperature at a range of temperatures between {{convert|424|and|475|F|C}}, depending on the type of paper.<ref name=TCForensics>{{cite web|last1=Cafe|first1=Tony|title=PHYSICAL CONSTANTS FOR INVESTIGATORS|url=http://www.tcforensic.com.au/docs/article10.html|website=tcforensic.com.au|publisher=TC Forensic P/L.|access-date=11 February 2015|archive-date=January 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150127145128/http://www.tcforensic.com.au/docs/article10.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplmisc/rpt1464.pdf|title=Ignition and charring temperatures of wood|author=Forest Products Laboratory|year=1964|publisher=Forest Service U. S. Department of Agriculture|access-date=February 5, 2018|archive-date=February 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218103155/https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplmisc/rpt1464.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>