ATDTDA (5): The American Corporation

[Dave Monroe]

On 4/6/07, David Casseres <david.casseres at gmail.com> wrote:
> That's mighty well said.  Pynchon understands how important science is to
> history and human affairs, and gives us glimpses of the relationships.  But
> he doesn't give lectures on physics or chemistry and he doesn't care whether
> we understand how physics or chemistry works – he just wants us to grasp the
> consequences and the effects on human lives.

I think further he shows how such things become a sort of metaphorics,
a way of speaking, thinking, acting, even, that goes well beyond (even
the proper scope of) immediate scientific/technological applications
...