Despite all that we know about lightning, there are still many myths that surround it. Probably the most common belief is that injuries from lightning are rare and, when they occur, are invariably fatal. While the incidence of lightning injuries varies by the part of the world a…
This book gives a contemporary and comprehensive overview of the physics of lightning and protection systems, based on nearly 40 years of research, teaching, and consultancy work in this area. The book begins with an overview of the climatology of lightning and electric storms, …
A lightning strike made Lucy, twelve, a math genius but, after years of homeschooling, her grandmother enrolls her in middle school and she learns that life is more than numbers.
This book assesses how global lightning may respond to global climate change, provides thorough coverage of the lightning phenomenon and its interaction with various objects, and covers methods for the effectiveprotection of structures and systems.
This book assesses how global lightning may respond to global climate change, provides thorough coverage of the lightning phenomenon and its interaction with various objects, and covers methods for the effective protection of structures and systems.
Providing an overview of modelling and understanding lightning-related effects on complex power and telecommunications systems, this book explores both traditional transmission-line theory as well as thestate-of-the art finite difference time-domain (FDTD) method.
Providing an overview of modelling and understanding lightning-related effects on complex power and telecommunications systems, this book explores both traditional transmission-line theory as well as the state-of-the art finite difference time-domain (FDTD) method.
Lightning has evoked a numinous response as well as powerful timeless references and symbols among ancient religions throughout the world. Thunder and lightning have also taken on various symbolic manifestations, some representing primary deities, as in the case of Zeus and Jupi…
Lightning has evoked a numinous response as well as powerful timeless references and symbols among ancient religions throughout the world. Thunder and lightning have also taken on various symbolic manifestations, some representing primary deities, as in the case of Zeus and Jupi…
"Lightning has evoked a numinous response as well as powerful timeless references and symbols among ancient religions throughout the world. Thunder and lightning have also taken on various symbolic manifestations, some representing primary deities, as in the case of Zeus and Jup…