..Not in the least bit Pynchonic -- space

[Michael Bailey]

>
> so that defining a space ...
> also joins a number of existential activities implicated in quality of
> life, good liberal-arts concerns,

for instance, Feng-Shui as a method of defining possibilities for
space(s) as referenced in Mason & Dixon....

so that canonical academic math isn't the sole repository of truths
about space, but it is a locus of intense and fascinating efforts that
an interested layperson can add to his or her repertoire of things to
think about