Copyright © 2002 by Philip Kerr

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kerr, Philip.

    Dark matter: the private life of Sir Isaac Newton: a novel/Philip
    Kerr—1st ed.

      p. cm.

    1. Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727—Fiction. 2. London (England)—
   History—17th century—Fiction. 3. Tower of London (London,
   England)—Fiction. 4. Counterfeits and counterfeiting—Fiction.
   5. Great Britain. Royal Mint—Fiction. 6. Physicists—Fiction. I. Title.

    PR6061.E784D37 2002
    823’.914—dc21

                                                                                      2002024155

eISBN: 978-0-307-51930-6

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