"entropy"

[Mark David Tristan Brenchley]

On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Pieter Van Dyck wrote:

> 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

	You might want to check some of Nietzshce's ideas (a big influence
on the 20th century), some argue that part of his theory could be
explained by his response to the theories of thermodynamics circulating in
the 19th century...

regards,
Mark

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> 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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