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

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A-a-and think of just how many scientists recieve their theorems via visions, esp. in Pynchon.
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From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> Men like Francis Bacon believed...in the curative power of south-facing windows.
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> 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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