Deflating Hyperspace

[Daniel Harper]

On Saturday 31 March 2007 20:47, you wrote:
> >does anyone know if the words "quantum" or "Einstein" appear
> >anywhere in the text? I didn't notice them, and I've been looking.
>
> Page 412
>
>
> Bohr... Mach... young Einstein... Spengler... Wells... McTaggart
> All of these people did work involving either speculation about time
> (Wells) or other subjects that reached their highest expression in
> Einstein's Theory of Relativity, which had implications regarding the
> nature of time and spacetime Wikipedia. Pynchon refers to the fact that
> this work was underway and 'in the air' at the time of the novel.
>
> http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=ATD_397-428
>

Now I remember that sequence, and remember being a bit surprised at seeing 
Einstein. The Wiki entry you quote is very thorough, as well.

What year is that sequence supposed to be taking place? If it's before 1905, 
Einstein wouldn't have been anywhere near it....

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