Ball lightning or spots before the eyes?

P. C.W. Davies

doi:10.1038/230576c0

Ball lightning or spots before the eyes?

P. C.W. Davies

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Abstract

WITH continuing unsatisfactory attempts to give ball lightning a convincing physical basis, it is no surprise that its objective reality has at last been called into question by Argyle¹. Once again physical scientists are asked to adopt the philosophy that if a phenomenon is difficult to explain physically then it cannot be real.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	576-577
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature
Volume	230
Issue number	5296
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/230576c0
State	Published - Dec 1 1971
Externally published	Yes

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