What’s a Lichtenberg figure?

Lichtenberg figures are electrical discharges with a feather-like branching pattern, discovered by German physicist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. They are considered a form of fractal and have practical applications in medicine and electronics. The difference between positive and negative charges creates different patterns, and photocopying technology relies on this. Lichtenberg used resin or glass insulators coated […]

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