Both an introduction and a comprehensive review, covers: water and electrical treeing; charge transport; classical and filamentary thermal, electromechanical, electronic and partial discharge breakdown models; the stochastic nature of breakdown and statistical characterization techniques; and engineering considerations for testing and assessment. For those new to the field, includes description of the nature of the polymers, basic solid-state physics, and an introduction to degradation and breakdown. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.