10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting book., 21 Oct 2000
By Bryce Tennant - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: All About Lightning (Paperback)
I recommend this book to all who have any interest in natural science. I was personally surprised at how interesting of a read this book was. Ulman did well brining to "light" topics that have plagued me about lightning since my childhood. He also satiated my engineering taste for technical aspects of the electrical phenomena. Photographs and diagrams add well to the text and support the facts presented without overburdening the reader with too much information.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Well Done., 27 Jan 2000
By rareoopdvds - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: All About Lightning (Paperback)
Martin Umans book of, what I would call an intro to lightning (if there is such a thing). I dont claim to be a scientist or know much about the weather, however I found many of Umans boo fascinating as his writing was clear and easy to understand. Some of the technical aspects were a little above me, yet learning about the different kinds of lightning, what lightning does and what is typical to expect from lightning I found very...well....enlightening (sorry about the pun). I found it to be a fun book that was a delight to read.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best book to learn about lightning and related subjects, 7 April 2002
By Kenneth Friend - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: All About Lightning (Paperback)
Within my awareness, this is the best author on the physics of lightning (voltage, current, charge, speed, event sequence, frequency of occurrence, length/width of channel, temperature, etc). Related subjects such as injuries, death rate, damage, protection, thunderstorms, harnessing power, etc are also discussed. The book could use updating with data acquired in the last 16 years (1986-2002). An improvement to the book could be more info on lightning protection. Another book by Uman, 'Lightning', is less general and more technical about the physics of lightning.