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Lightning Protection: Lasers, Rockets or Rods?

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This chapter delves into the dual nature of lightning, examining the awe and fear it evokes during storms. It also highlights the dangers it poses to safety and infrastructure, while introducing groundbreaking efforts by physicists to divert lightning strikes and discussing the historical evolution of lightning protection technology.

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