Chapter 5:
Ducking First A Flash And Then A Roar

To access the pdf file for all the video links and journal citations for the items in the book, click on the pdf icon for "Chapter References & Comments” at the top of the page, next to Armando Armadillo. (Go to www.Adobe.com for a free pdf reader.) To access the updates and new items (not in the book), click on any "update" or "new" in the following list.
- 5.1 Lightning update Dec 2014
- 5.2 Lightning: people, cows, and sheep update July 2006 Mar 2008 Nov 2015
- 5.3 Lightning: vehicles update Sep 2007 May 2009
- 5.4 Lightning: trees, towers, and ground update Aug 2009
- 5.5 Bead and ball lightning update Oct 2008
- 5.6 Sprites update June 2010
- 5.7 Lightning rods
- 5.8 Sweaters, playground slides, and surgery rooms update Feb 2007 Jan 2008 Dec 2009 May 2012 Feb 14
- 5.9 Cars, fuel pumps, and pit stops update Mar 2009
- 5.10 SHORT STORY: Shocking exchange of gum
- 5.11 Danger of powder floating in the air update Mar 2008
- 5.12 Danger of aerosol cans
- 5.13 Danger of spraying water
- 5.14 Ski glow
- 5.15 Hindenburg disaster
- 5.16 A gurney fire update Apr 2014
- 5.17 Glow in peeling adhesive tape update Nov 2008
- 5.18 Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
- 5.19 Wintergreen glow in the closet update Sep 2014 Dec 2015
- 5.20 Earthquake lights
- 5.21 St. Elmo’s fire and Andes glow update Mar 2011
- 5.22 High-voltage lines
- 5.23 Current, voltage, and people
- 5.24 SHORT STORY: An act of indiscretion
- 5.25 Use of current in surgery
- 5.26 Surgical fires and explosions
- 5.27 Lemon battery, tingling of teeth fillings
- 5.28 Electric fish and eels
- 5.29 Charging by blown dust, sand, and snow update Apr 2007 Jan 2008 Jun 2009 Sep 2013
- 5.30 Lightning-like discharges above a volcano update May 2010
- 5.31 Bacterial contamination in surgery update July 2006
- 5.32 Bees and pollination
- 5.33 SHORT STORY: Fire ants and electrical equipment
- 5.34 Plastic food wrap
- 5.35 Flies on ceilings, geckos on walls
- 5.36 Meringue pie
- 5.37 Sauce béarnaise
- 5.38 Lodestones
- 5.39 Earth’s magnetic field and archaeology
- 5.40 MRI complications update June 2010
- 5.41 SHORT STORY: Magnetic search for the Garfield bullet
- 5.42 Magnets, tattoos, and body jewelry
- 5.43 Breakfast and cow magnetism update Nov 2011
- 5.44 Electric guitars
- 5.45 Electric-guitar amplifiers
- 5.46 Auroras
- 5.47 Solar eruptions and power outages
- 5.48 Levitating frogs
- 5.49 Fizzing sound from a magnet
- 5.50 Currents in you at a train station Click on new to get the following new items (not in the book)
- 5.51 Coal fires and Earth's magnetic field Dec 2006
- 5.52 Toilet stall electric field Feb 2007
- 5.53 Razorbacks on Mars and in the kitchen April 2007
- 5.54 Wall-climbing robots Aug 2010
- 5.55 Knitting needles in space Aug 2012
- 5.56 Electric field hunting by a platypus July 2013
- 5.57 Pub trick --- deflecting a falling stream of water Sep 2013
- 5.58 Magnetic surprise Jan 2014
- 5.59 Electrostatic flying plastic strips Mar 2014
- 5.60 Pub trick --- separating salt and pepper April 2015
- 5.61 Smallest electric train April 2015
- 5.62 Tesla coils May 2015
- 5.63 Bouncing batteries Feb 2016
- 5.64 Using your head as a remote car opener Feb 2016
- Chapter 1Slipping Between Falling Drops(MOTION)
- Chapter 2Racing On The Ceiling, Swimming Through Syrup(FLUIDS)
- Chapter 3Hiding Under The Covers, Listening For The Monsters(SOUND)
- Chapter 4Striking At The Heat In The Night(THERMAL PROCESS)
- Chapter 5Ducking First A Flash And Then A Roar (ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM)
- Chapter 6Splashing Colors Everywhere, Like A Rainbow(OPTICS)
- Chapter 7Armadillos Dancing Against A Swollen Moon(VISION)
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