Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Descent (1993)

John Neville: Isaac Newton

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• Prof. Stephen Hawking : I raise 50.

  Isaac Newton : Blast! I fold.

  Lt. Cmdr. Data : I fold as well.

  Albert Einstein : The uncertainty principle will not help you now, Stephen. Hmm? All the quantum fluctuations in the universe will not change the cards in your hand. I call. You are bluffing and you will lose!

  Prof. Stephen Hawking : Wrong again, Albert.

  [presents a hand of four 7s] 

  Albert Einstein : Vell.

• Isaac Newton : I invented physics. The day that apple fell on my head was the most momentous day in the history of science.

  Prof. Stephen Hawking : Not the apple story again.

  Lt. Cmdr. Data : That story is generally considered to be apocryphal.

  Isaac Newton : [insulted]  What? How dare you!

• Albert Einstein : [working out how much the next bet in the game is]  Now, let's see, where were we? Yes, you raised Mr. Data four. Which means that, erm, the bet is seven... to me?

  Isaac Newton : [frustrated]  The bet is ten. Can't you do simple arithmetic?

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  Prof. Stephen Hawking : ...But then I said, "In that frame of reference, the perihelion of Mercury would have precessed in the opposite direction."

  Albert Einstein : [laughs]  That is a great story.

  Lt. Cmdr. Data : Quite amusing, Dr. Hawking.

  [Isaac Newton doesn't seem to get the joke] 

  Lt. Cmdr. Data : You see, Sir Isaac, the joke depends on an understanding of the relativistic curvature of space-time. If two non-inertial reference frames are in relative motion...

  Isaac Newton : Do not patronise me, sir. I invented physics.