Back to AtD : Yashmeen

[Mark Kohut]

Then a Pynchon-like but curious segue into a discussion of entropy and mathematical infinity.
p.597 "entropy of a system"
           Y:   "some sort of..... steam engine word, isn't it?
 
Entropy, P's early obsession, appears here but with a difference? IDoes this steampunk-like joke
contain a later P belief that 1) entropy sorta applies to the industrially-created world ...steam engine
metaphor...or even Tesla's understanding that energy HAD to run out........if man-made from limited
resources?
 
And P's different belief in the universe, maybe---how so?---in ATD?