Sprites, transient optical emissions in the middle atmosphere, were first discovered accidentally in 1989. Since then, numerous observations have been made to investigate the mechanisms of this mysterious phenomena and its relationship with the underlying lightning and thunderstorms. Yet, it is still not known why some thunderstorms produce sprites while others do not. This book, therefore, provides comprehensive analysis on sprites-producing and non-sprites producing summer thunderstorms, by using multiple data from Doppler radar, lightning location network, TRMM, MTSAT satellite images,...

Through a comparison between Shakespeares play and Li Yus story, the author examines the striking historical, cultural and social background similarities the two literary works shared and then refers to the traditional Chinese Confucian ethics and classics, which convincingly reaveal that the 17th century English monarch almost shares the same moral standard with China in the Qing Dynasty (1636-1911). Actually, Shakespeare himself was an old-fashioned literary man who stuck to the traditional values and morals inherited from the Middle Ages; what Shakespeare praised and exhorted was just...