Newton and the counterfeiter : the unknown detective career of the world's greatest scientist / Thomas Levenson.
Levenson, Thomas.
2009
Q143.N495 L48 2009 (Mapit)
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Newton and the counterfeiter : the unknown detective career of the world's greatest scientist / Thomas Levenson.
Author
Levenson, Thomas.
ISBN
9780151012787
0151012784
Publication Details
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Language
English
Description
xii, 318 p. ; 22 cm.
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Q143.N495 L48 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
530.092 B
B
Summary
In 1695, Isaac Newton, already renowned as the greatest mind of his age, made a surprising career move, taking up the post of Warden of His Majesty's Mint.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Preface: "Let Newton be"
Learning to think
A rogue's progress
Passions
The new warden
Skirmishes
Newton and the counterfeiter
Epilogue: "He could not calculate the mandess of the people".

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