一本新书声称，艾萨克·牛顿爵士的引力理论彻底改变了科学，后来他晋升为伦敦银行界的高层，他与跨大西洋奴隶贸易有着比以前所了解的更密切的经济联系。
这本书名为《李嘉图的梦想》，讲述了经济理论先驱、当时最富有的股票交易员大卫·李嘉图的生活和工作。它还重新审视了牛顿担任英格兰银行铸币厂厂长的经历，这位科学家在离开剑桥的学术职位后，在银行发挥了政治影响力并积累了巨额个人财富。
书中概述了牛顿在银行任职的 30 年期间，他监管了主要由巴西被奴役的非洲人开采的黄金的流入。作为铸币厂厂长，他对每枚铸造的硬币收取少量费用。
Sir Isaac Newton, whose theory of gravity revolutionised science and who later rose to the upper echelons of London’s banking world, had closer financial ties to the transatlantic trade in enslaved people than was previously understood, a new book has claimed.
The book, Ricardo’s Dream, covers the life and work of David Ricardo, a pioneer of economic theory and the wealthiest stock trader of his day. It also re-examines Newton’s time as master of the mint at the Bank of England, where the scientist wielded political influence and amassed vast personal wealth after leaving his academic position in Cambridge.
During the scientist’s 30-year tenure at the bank, the book outlines, Newton oversaw an influx of gold mined primarily by enslaved Africans in Brazil. And as master of the mint, he took a small fee for every coin that was minted.
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