"entropy"

[Pieter Van Dyck]

Hello,

I'm doing some meta-research at the moment on how the term "entropy" moved 
from thermodynamics to literature, literary criticism and "theory". I 
thought a group of Pynchon experts would probably be able to give me some 
suggestions of books/articles I might want to read. I already have some 
things in mind (among which, of course, Pynchon's story "Entropy" itself), 
but I would like to compare my list to everything proposed by you.
By the way, any books or articles on the relationship between (post)modern 
science and (post)modern literature are welcome.


Pieter Van Dyck



P.S. Do you think Pynchon himself has played a vital role in introducing the 
term to literary discourse? Or are there other people as well? I remember 
Conrad's novel The Secret Agent features some discussions on thermodynamics, 
for example...
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