Everyone remembers Newton for his contributions to physics.
But he made much of his fortune as the director of London's mint, making coins, and investing in businesses, after he got sick of being a professor at Cambridge, where he felt tormented as a Unitarian in a Trinitarian institution.
Hi Andrew,
ReplyDeleteI assume you have read Neal Stephenson's "The System of the World"? Newton plays a co-ML part.
Cheers,
Guy
I haven't read it or head about it, and may check it out. Thanks.
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