Open AccessEdmond Dewan, Citizen Science, and the Mystery of Ball Lightning
Author(s) -
Rachel Fritts
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2020eo140320
Subject(s) - ball lightning , ball (mathematics) , aeronautics , lightning (connector) , lightning strike , engineering , meteorology , physics , electrical engineering , nuclear physics , mathematics , lightning arrester , geometry , power (physics) , plasma , quantum mechanics
In the early 1960s, a physicist enlisted the help of the public to study a rare atmospheric phenomenon.