"Version: 20161201"--Title page verso.EPUB and Kindle versions includes embedded videos.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. The components of lightning -- 1.1. Features of lightning plasma -- 1.2. Lightning is more than a spark -- 1.3. Conditions for leader propagation -- 1.4. Lightning leaders in nature2. Lightning leaders versus free-burning arcs -- 2.1. Similarities and differe…