Counterfeiting Science: The Uses of Evidence in the Newton-Leibniz Priority Dispute

Date: 

Wed., Jan. 8, 2020 | 7:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.

Category: 

Lectures

Location: 

Rothenberg Hall

Event Notes: 

Free; reservations required.

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Add to Calendar 01/08/2020 07:30 PM 01/08/2020 08:30 PM America/Los_Angeles Counterfeiting Science: The Uses of Evidence in the Newton-Leibniz Priority Dispute Visit page - https://www.huntington.org/events/counterfeiting-science-uses-evidence-newton-leibniz-priority-dispute The Huntington - Rothenberg Hall

 

Rob Iliffe, professor of the history of science at the University of Oxford, discusses two little-known documents that reveal how Isaac Newton's approach to prosecuting contemporary counterfeiters as a warden of the Royal Mint was closely related to his strategy for revealing the corruption of Christianity.