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Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was an English physicist and mathematician. One of his most famous accomplishments was formulating the theory of gravity. The Doctor once claimed that he sat in Newton's tree dropping apples onto his head, then explained gravity to him over dinner. (DW: The Pirate Planet)

Newton coined the phrase, "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." When the Doctor quoted this to Romana, she concluded that Newton invented punting. (DW: The Five Doctors)

When the Doctor and Nyssa were arrested for forgery, Isaac Newton drew a series of interesting conclusions from a series of well-worn coins that the Doctor accidentally passed. (BFA: Circular Time)

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Sir Isaac Newton was a male Human scientist in the 17th century, credited with inventing calculus and what would later be termed Newtonian physics. (TOS novel: The Trellisane Confrontation)

Newton once encountered a Q known as Quinn, who was responsible for jostling an apple tree and causing an apple to drop on Newton's head. Q remarked that if this chance encounter hadn't taken place that Newton would've most likely died in a debtors' prison, and would've been suspected of killing several prostitutes. (VOY episode: "Death Wish")

He is mentioned, along with Albert Einstein and Surak, by David Marcus when telling his mother, Dr. Carol Marcus, how their names will go down in history. (TOS movie: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)

Lieutenant Commander Data once created a holodeck version of Newton, along with Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, in order to observe their interactions in a game of poker. (TNG episode: "Descent, Part I")

One of the shuttlecraft attached to the USS Enterprise-D was named Isaac Newton in his honor. (TNG novel: The Death of Princes)

External links

• Isaac Newton article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
• Isaac Newton article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.

From Muppet Wiki

Isaac Newton was a physicist, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher who famously described what would become the law of gravity. Newton often claimed that the revelation came to him after witnessing an apple falling from a tree. Exaggerations of this story have gone on to suggest that the apple hit Newton on his head, thus knocking the idea into his mind.

References

• Kermit the Frog spoofed Newton on the cover of a 1983 notebook titled Jim Henson's Muppets View of History.