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[Phys-l] Drag in lit.
From
: Bernard Cleyet <
bernardcleyet@redshift.com
>
Date
: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:49:24 -0800
An example of Chekow's gun:
* Dan Brown <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown
>'s novel Angels
and Demons <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_and_Demons
>
includes a Chekhov's gun such that the main character learns that
"one square yard of drag will slow a falling body almost twenty
percent" - information that later saves his life. Conversely, the
immediate mention within the text that this information will save
his life is a glaring example of foreshadowing
<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreshadowing
>.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chekhov%27s_Gun
bc, whose Gate Keeper just returned from the city (Hedda Gabler).
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