[history: Isaac Newton, Royal Mint]

Don’t mess with a genius

https://shreevatsa.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/dont-mess-with-a-genius/

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37501231

* subsection: "Arch-nemesis"

* William Chaloner, counterfeiter ... aggravated Newton

* Newton made it his goal to destroy him

* over 2 yrs set about accumulating evidence, witnesses

* Chaloner was convicted, hanged, drawn, quartered

Isaac Newton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton#Royal_Mint

William Chaloner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Chaloner

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