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<p>[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 3921127, member: 81887"]Thanks for the article on one of history's more fascinating characters. For a fictional view of Newton, I recommend Neal Stephenson's 3-volume series of novels The Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World) where Isaac Newton is one of many real historical figures who feature prominently in the plot. The books feature a series of adventures in the 1600s that incidentally show the birth of modern science, the creation of international banking systems, the transition away from monarchical rule, and much more. Also pirates, alchemists, adventurers, courtesans, reformers, etc. Newton shows up early in the series as a brilliant but eccentric college student, and features later in his alchemical and mathematical research and (most relevant here) as Master of the Mint, where we see him undercover tracking down a counterfeiting ring, and also witness a Trial of the Pyx (an official inquiry into the purity of the coinage).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 3921127, member: 81887"]Thanks for the article on one of history's more fascinating characters. For a fictional view of Newton, I recommend Neal Stephenson's 3-volume series of novels The Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World) where Isaac Newton is one of many real historical figures who feature prominently in the plot. The books feature a series of adventures in the 1600s that incidentally show the birth of modern science, the creation of international banking systems, the transition away from monarchical rule, and much more. Also pirates, alchemists, adventurers, courtesans, reformers, etc. Newton shows up early in the series as a brilliant but eccentric college student, and features later in his alchemical and mathematical research and (most relevant here) as Master of the Mint, where we see him undercover tracking down a counterfeiting ring, and also witness a Trial of the Pyx (an official inquiry into the purity of the coinage).[/QUOTE]
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