Comments on: Newton and the Counterfeiter https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/13/newton-and-the-counterfeiter/ Thu, 15 Nov 2012 02:23:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: James https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/13/newton-and-the-counterfeiter/#comment-495929 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 02:23:30 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=14212#comment-495929 A somewhat fictionalized view of these events is found in Neal Stephenson’s “The Baroque Cycle” series, well worth reading.

]]> By: John https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/13/newton-and-the-counterfeiter/#comment-495928 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:29:00 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=14212#comment-495928 Great book. It is amazing how a government’s unwavering blunder with currency control can create so much systematic chaos (yes, I think that’s what it was). The people of the kingdom suffered and criminals made out, and everyday people shaved coins just to get by.

]]> By: Trebuchet https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/13/newton-and-the-counterfeiter/#comment-495927 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:39:06 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=14212#comment-495927 “He possessed a sense of entitlement balanced by a remarkable capacity for greed and tempered with an acute sociopathy.”

Sounds like someone we all know who just lost a presidential election.

“He clearly had a keen intellect and extraordinary manual skill.”

Ok, so maybe not.

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