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A Thermodynamic Reading Of The Crying Of Lot 49 By Thomas Py
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A 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 sear ....
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....n’t. She had a moment of nearly pure terror.” (Pynchon, 29). An image is created in a mirror when radiation falls upon an object of varying density, causing light to scatter, which composes the reflection. If there were no differences in density, and only random motion, there would be no image to project. Pynchon foreshadows Oedipa's fate through the degradation of thermodynamic entropy.
Mechanical energy is an example of high-grade energy and heat is an example of low-grade ener.... |
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