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Last broadcast on Tue, 1 Sep 2009, 00:30 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Crawford Logan reads from Thomas Levenson's biography of Isaac Newton and his rivalry with one of 17th-century London's most accomplished and daring criminals, William Chaloner.
After nearly 30 years of academic life at Cambridge, Newton became Warden of the Royal Mint. He was soon in charge of the colossal task of re-casting all of England's currency - almost seven million pounds - and took a hands-on approach to the interrogation of suspected counterfeiters held in Newgate prison.
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Mon 31 Aug 200909:45
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Tue 1 Sep 200900:30
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