By Hamish Johnston
Starting today and running for the rest of the week on BBC Radio 4:
“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.”
The action starts at 09:45 BST here .
Or you can listen to Newton and the Counterfeiter at your leisure using the BBCs iPlayer facility.