Pynchon themes and tropes in histories of some famous people...

[Mark Kohut]

Men like Francis Bacon believed...in the curative power of south-facing windows.

Robert Boyle, who initiated the beginnings of modern chemistry, wanted legions of 
miners to be interviewed about their encounters with subterranean demons; and 
Sir Isaac Newton devoted more time to his studies of the occult than to the physics
principles that won him lasting fame.
                                        ----both from The Great Upheaval, Jay Winik, 2007


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