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A Thermodynamic Reading Of The Crying Lot 49
1,979 wordsA Thermodynamic Reading of The Crying of Lot 49 Exploring thermodynamic entropy and information theory clarifies the ambiguous relationship between Oedipa Maas, Maxwell's Demon and the Tristero System in The Crying of Lot 49. Through a convoluted, chaotic adventure leading to disorder, Oedipa searches for the truth about Tristero, hoping it will save her from her tower of imprisonment (Pynchon, 11). Pynchon dangles this elusive message over Oedipa's head until she discovers Tristero's meaning. H...
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20 Th Century Thomas Pynchon
1,322 wordsPynchon and Ginsberg (1) The American literature is known to have been affected by the stylistic experimentation, since the last half of 19 th century. There are many socio-political and purely artistic reasons that explain it. The most important of them, in my opinion, is the fact that Marxist theory used to be very popular among left-wing intellectuals, prior to the outbreak of Second World War. After being ideologically suppressed during fifties, Marxism was able to reemerge at the beginning ...
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Climate Change And Global Warming Part 1
1,817 wordsClimate Change and Global Warming (1) The problem of Global warming is considered to be one of the most troubling issues of the contemporary era. It has been noticed that the average air temperature in different parts of the world is being on the constant rise, ever since the humanity's existence began to depend more and more on exploitation of fossil fuels. While in 1870 the carbon fuel emissions in the air were almost non-existent, in 2000 their amount has reached 6 billion tons. Many scientis...
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19 Th Century Source Of Energy
1,612 wordsWind Power (1) One of the reasons why our civilization was able to progress technologically is because people strived to adjust surrounding reality to their own needs. Harvesting wind can serve as the best example of human ingenuity. It is impossible to say now when people first thought of using wind power. There are historical accounts of boats being equipped with sails that date as far back as 1000 B. C. Up until the middle of 19 th century; naval ships were being powered by wind. The first re...
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Third World Countries Global Warming
2,037 wordsSociological Perspective on Global Warming and Health Problems, Associated With It (1) The effects of Global have been discussed from different perspectives; however, only in recent years, it became obvious to many scientists that rising of Earths atmosphere affects the lives of people in very immediate manner. Therefore, those who suggest that humanity have another hundred years, before Global warming will cause people to reconsider their lifestyles, do not fully understand the whole complexity...
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Origin Of The Universe Stephen Hawking
1,636 wordsA Profile of Stephen Hawking Many people imagine science as a compilation of facts and ideas regarding the world around them. However, science is much more than how human beings have brought their individual strengths and weaknesses to the continuing effort to learn more about the world. Stephen Hawking is one of the most renowned and most accepted scientists in the world nowadays. His life and works have been presented in various newspapers and magazine articles, TV documentaries, and even film...
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History Of Time Space And Time
2,624 wordsMany people think of science as a collection of facts and ideas about the world around us. But science is more than of how human beings have brought their individual strengths and weaknesses to the ever going struggle to learn more about our world. Stephen Hawking is one of the best-known and most admired scientists in the world today. His life and work have been featured in numerous newspaper and magazine articles, television documentaries, and even a movie. Part of Hawking s fame comes from hi...
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