Lec 06: High-Voltage Breakdown and Lightning | 8.02 Electricity and Magnetism (Walter Lewin) @ForTheAllureOfPhysics

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High-Voltage Breakdown - Lightning - Sparks - St. Elmo's Fire

This lecture is part of 8.02 Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism, as taught in Spring 2002 by Dr. Walter Lewin at MIT.

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