Mikhail Shneider is a senior scientist in the Applied Physics Group at the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Princeton University. His research interests include the theoretical study of gas discharge physics, physical gas dynamics, biophysics, atmospheric electrical phenomena, non-linear optics, and laser–matter interaction.Mikhail Pekker is research scientist in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at George Washington University. His research interests are the theoretical study of gas discharge physics and biophysics.

The authors present detailed mathematical theory to explain these processes, and link the theory with the physical properties of the liquids. Readers interested in nanosecond breakdown processes in liquids will find this book very interesting and insightful. It provides a very deep technical understanding of the processes involved in dielectric discharge in dielectric liquids under inhomogeneous pulsed electric fields. John JShea 2018 IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Inc.

• 1 Introductory description of processes related to negative pressure in liquids 2 Classic cavitation 3 The physical properties of liquid 4 A liquid dielectric in an electric field 5 Dynamics of a dielectric liquid in a non-uniform pulsed electric field 6 Cavitation in inhomogeneous pulsed electric fields 8 Optical diagnostics in dielectric liquids in inhomogeneous pulsed fields 9 Breakdown in liquids in pulsed electric fields