Isaac Newton
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- For other uses, see Newton (disambiguation).
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)
[edit] External links
- Isaac Newton article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Isaac Newton article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
