Today, Newton may be best known for the story of the apple falling from the tree. Seeing the apple fall, in the garden of his family home, made him wonder why it dropped in a straight line, rather than moving upwards or sideways.
Sir Isaac Newton was the towering intellectual giant of the 'Scientific Revolution'. He changed our understanding of mathematics and physics and helped and transform the modern world. But many people may not know that, for more than three decades, he also played a vital role at the Royal Mint.
As Master of the Mint he made a great contribution to our coinage and economy, helping to make Britain's currency one of the most respected and admired in the world.
When Newton was born, in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, on 25 December 1642, England was a chaotic and turbulent country, torn apart by civil war, religious unrest and the threat of plague. When Newton became a student at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1661, undergraduates still studied the work of ancient authors such as Aristotle and Plato, although by this time their doctrines were being seriously questioned.
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