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[Phys-l] Drag in lit.



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).