Newton's Apple
Oct 15, 1983 (en)
Documentary, Family
[30] Min
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First Air DateOct 15, 1983
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ProductionKTCA
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Rotten tomato80%
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Original titleNewton's Apple
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ReleaseOct 15, 1983
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Overview
Newton's Apple is an American educational television program produced and developed by KTCA, and distributed to PBS stations in the United States that ran from 1983 to 1999. The show's title is based on the rumor of Isaac Newton sitting under a tree and an apple falling near him—or, more popularly, on his head—prompting him to ponder what makes things fall, leading to the development of his theory of gravitation. The show was produced by Twin Cities Public Television. For most of the run, the show's theme song was Ruckzuck by Kraftwerk, later remixed by Absolute Music. Later episodes of the show featured an original song. An occasional short feature appeared called "Science of the Rich and Famous" in which celebrities appeared to explain a science principle.
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Music Supervisor
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Tacy Mangan, Kaye Zusmann, Lee Carey, Richard Hudson
Producer
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Casts : 5 / Crews : 5
Season 1 ( 1983-10-15)
Body Fat-I; Fiberoptics; Fainting Chat; Dolphins
Episode: 1
Voiceprints; Curveball; Goosebumps Chat; Hawk
Episode: 2
Astronaut Training; Hand: Fall Asleep; Clouded Leopard
Episode: 3
Hypnosis; Sky Blue; Seeing Stars Chat; Cold Remedies
Episode: 4
Visual Cliff; Heart; Ears Pop Chat; Wolves
Episode: 5
Video Games; Holograms; Funnybone Chat; Onions & Tears Chat
Episode: 6
Color Blindness; Taste Buds; Black Hole Chat
Episode: 7
Digital Sound; Eggs; Teeth Chatter Chat; Camel
Episode: 8
Ultrasound; Spacesuit; Knuckles Crack Chat; Porcupine
Episode: 9
Robots; X-Terrestrials; Headaches Chat; Parrots-I
Episode: 10
Wagon Wheel; Prosthetics; Armadillo
Episode: 11
Police Radar; Voice Synthesis; Skin/Wrinkles Chat; Snake and Lizard
Episode: 12
Karate; Lightning; Tears Chat; Oppossum
Episode: 13
Season 2 ( 1984-10-13)
Mummies; Bicycles; Helium Chat; Owl
Episode: 1
Hot-Air Balloons; Hearing; Side Stitch Chat; Beluga Whales
Episode: 2
Fire; Artificial Heart; Penguins
Episode: 3
Lie Detector; Golf Balls; Hiccup Chat; Cold Remedies
Episode: 4
Imploding Buildings; Snoring; Stomach Growl Chat; Walrus
Episode: 5
Computer Graphics; Smell; Tarantula Chat; Inventors Fair
Episode: 6
Pain; Optical Illusions; Wine Glass Sing Chat; Iguana
Episode: 7
Electricity; Vision; Tennis Elbow Chat; Bubbles
Episode: 8
Thermography; Voice; Yawn Chat; Pronghorn
Episode: 9
Car Crash; Allergies; Blush Chat; Reindeer
Episode: 10
Sports Clinics; Radioactivity; Acne Chat; Baby Tigers
Episode: 11
Space Shuttle
Episode: 12
Balance; Cooking; Scientists Disagree; Eagle
Episode: 13
Season 3 ( 1985-10-12)
Earnie; Rainbow; Popcorn Chat; Pygmy Hippo
Episode: 1
Dinosaurs; Bullet Proof Vest; Heartburn Chat; Killer Whales
Episode: 2
Space Shuttle; Rube Goldberg; Crazy Inventions
Episode: 3
Chimp Communication; The Bends; Sweating Chat; Cold Remedies
Episode: 4
Boomerangs; Cooking Chemistry; Bears
Episode: 5
Comets; Perpetual Motion; Warts Chat; Sharks
Episode: 6
FBI; Stomach; Llama
Episode: 7
Cancer; Tennis Racquets; Sneezing Chat; Badger
Episode: 8
Punting A Football; Color; Jet Lag Chat; Sea Lions
Episode: 9
Muscles And Bones; Einstein; Falling Stars Chat; Raptor Center
Episode: 10
Earthquakes; Lungs; Bats
Episode: 11
Headaches; Eggs/Equinox; Hot Pepper Chat; Inventors Fair; Lion
Episode: 12
Singing In The Shower; Calories; Sun Tanning Chat; Patagonian Cavy
Episode: 13
Season 4 ( 1986-10-11)
Flight Trainers; Snake Bite; Hedgehoh Chat; Cold Remedies
Episode: 1
Caves; Lasers; Skin Wrinkle Chat; Whale Birth
Episode: 2
Hypothermia; Moon; Voice Change Chat; Yak
Episode: 3
Sponges; Bed of Nails; Probability; Pelicans
Episode: 4
Bees; Blood Pressure; Bruises Chat; Hiccups
Episode: 5
Telescopes; Food Myths; Manatee
Episode: 6
Fossil Dig; Mirrors; Frostbite Chat; Elephants
Episode: 7
Wind Blow; Baldness; Soda Pop Fizz Chat; Cranes
Episode: 8
Alcohol; Helium Balloons; Backache Chat; Roller Coaster; Snow Monkeys
Episode: 9
Diabetes; Frozen Food; Flat Feet Chat; Battery Inventions; Alligators
Episode: 10
Immune System; Skiing; Blimp; Beaver
Episode: 11
Pterodactyl; Rube Goldberg; Black Box Chat; Quickies
Episode: 12
Baseball Bats; Polarized Light; Dreams Chat; Inventors Fair; Falcon
Episode: 13
Season 5 ( 1987-10-10)
Plastic Surgery; High-Speed Bicycles; Lemons; Alling Whale
Episode: 1
Treasure Diving; Blackboard Chat; Lemons; Mothballs & Wintergreen
Episode: 2
Polar Expedition; Inventors Fair; Sea Otter
Episode: 3
Submarine; Budgies In A Truck; Uvula Chat; Lemons; Sea World Science Day
Episode: 4
Tornado; Exploratorium; Laryngitis Chat; Lemons; Beach Science
Episode: 5
Neon Lights; Rube Goldberg; Aspirin Chat; Lemons; Puffins
Episode: 6
MRI; Segment Update; Stars Twinkle Chat; Lemons; Kitchen Science
Episode: 7
Cavities; Snowflakes; Reflexes Chat; Lemons; Artic Fox
Episode: 8
Cocaine Addiction; Laundry Science; Lemons; Sled Dogs
Episode: 9
Child Development; Bridges; Lemons; Octopus
Episode: 10
Sailing; Skin Lotion Chat; Lemons; Jelly Fish
Episode: 11
Bureau Of Standards; Gravity Contest; Upset Stomach Chat; Lemons; Kelp Forest
Episode: 12
Gymnastics; Computer Vision; Lemons; Golden Monkeys
Episode: 13
Season 6 ( 1988-10-15)
Skydiving; Facial Symmetry; Lemons; Baby Orangutans
Episode: 1
ILM-Movie Creatures; Cholesterol; Lemons; Suntan; Vulture
Episode: 2
Microsurgery; Strobes; Coordination Chat; Lemons; Aardvark
Episode: 3
Air Traffic Control; Feet; Bell Curves; Tracking Bears
Episode: 4
Clouds; Rube Goldberg; Skin Itch Chat; Home Runs; Cold Remedies
Episode: 5
Woods Hole–Lobster; Woods Hole–Cell Division; Woods Hole 3
Episode: 6
Rockets; CPR Chat; Inventors Fair; Lemons; Aerosol Sprays; Cow
Episode: 7
Fireworks; Papermaking; Gas Chat; Lemons; Slow Loris
Episode: 8
Insomnia; Electron Microscope; Lemons; Exponentials; Giraffe
Episode: 9
Liquid Nitrogen; Dolphins; Superconductivity Chat; Lemons; Insects
Episode: 10
Synthesizers; Maple Syruping; Non-Stick Pans; Wind Chill Chat; Lemons; Serval
Episode: 11
Magnets; Forest Fires; Night Blindness Chat; Lynx
Episode: 12
Horse Jumping; Toys in Space; Dust Bunnies; Carnivorous Plants; Lemons; Toucan
Episode: 13
Season 7 ( 1989-10-14)
Roller Coaster; Quicksand; Jelly-Side Down; Lemons; White Tiger
Episode: 1
Bee Stings; Bowling; High-Speed Elevator; Lemons; Boa
Episode: 2
Race Cars; Spider Webs; Lemons; Tropical Fish
Episode: 3
Rain Forest; Buoyancy; Pouring Catsup; Lemons; Cold Remedies
Episode: 4
Caffeine; Butterfly Migration; Autumn Leaves; Lemons; Doppler Effect; Sloth
Episode: 5
Surfing; Geothermal/Volcanoes; Luau; Sugar Processing; Hawaiian Language; Eel
Episode: 6
Whale Watch; Sunspots; Lemons; Skunk
Episode: 7
Milky Way; Epilepsy; Lemons; Inventors Fair; Cuttlefish
Episode: 8
DNA; Rube Goldberg Contest; Parrot Chat; Chewing Tin Foil; Seahorse
Episode: 9
Marathons; Celestial Navigation; Cataracts Chat; Lemons; Echidna
Episode: 10
Spinal Cord; Glue; Lemons; Dog Behavior
Episode: 11
Cheese; Aging; Appendix Chat; Wolves
Episode: 12
Supercomputer; Greenhouse Effect; House Creaking; Owl
Episode: 13
Season 8 ( 1990-10-13)
Disney-Cartoons; Skateboards; Smothers/Yo-yos; Lemons; Turtles
Episode: 1
Juggling; Greenwich; Echoes; Flies
Episode: 2
Everglades; Tomorrow's World; Recycling Chat; Everglades Students
Episode: 3
Demolition Derby; Stress; Topology Chat; Eagles
Episode: 4
Kidney; Steve Allen/Music; Lemons; Swans
Episode: 5
Blood; Physics Circus; Faxes; Lemons; Pronghorn
Episode: 6
Helicopter; Isaac Newton; Lemons; Koala
Episode: 7
Dyes; Billiards; Cheerios; Lemons; Cheetah
Episode: 8
Desert Animals; Judo; Salt & Ice; Pigs
Episode: 9
Hydro Power; Whitewater Rafting; Mold; Lemons; Weather Proverbs
Episode: 10
Wildlife Census; Eggs; Inventors Fair; Stone Crabs
Episode: 11
Violins; Voyager; Rube Goldberg; Lemons; Kinkaju
Episode: 12
Glaciers; Termites; Lemons; Alligators
Episode: 13
Season 9 ( 1991-10-12)
Aerobic Exercise; Swimming/Weightlifting; Luge/Skating; Softball/Racewalking
Episode: 1
Solar Cars; Steroids; The Amazing Kreskin; Foot Fall Asleep; Miniature Horses
Episode: 2
Murder Mystery; Ted Nugent; Bats
Episode: 3
Cancer Causes; Frisbees; Computer Virus
Episode: 4
Sewers; Cancer Treatments; Dick Cavett; Porcupines
Episode: 5
Mapping the Dig Site; Dating the Bones; Assembling Dinosaur
Episode: 6
Domed Stadium; Photosynthesis; Polarized Sunglasses; Amusement Park
Episode: 7
Tears; Slinky Physics; Barcodes; Aspirin; Camels
Episode: 8
Soviet Space; Sky Blue; Inventors Fair; Llamas
Episode: 9
Acid Rain; Highjump; Potholes; Goats
Episode: 10
Medical Quackery; Microwave Ovens; Dollar Changer; Golden Eagles
Episode: 11
Telecommunications; Solar Eclipse; Blimp; Bear Cubs
Episode: 12
Hip Replacement; Airbags; Paper Cuts; Potbelly Pigs
Episode: 13
Season 10 ( 1992-10-10)
Television; Studio Tour; Post-Production; Satellites
Episode: 1
Movie Stunts; Household Chemistry; Coffee and Cream; Musk Ox
Episode: 2
Election Polls and Surveys; Electric Car; Ceramics; Cougars
Episode: 3
Monster Make-Up; Ozone; Rearview Mirrors; Artificial Sweeteners
Episode: 4
Oil Spill; Diet & Nutrition; Crystal Gayle; Caribou
Episode: 5
Antarctic Journey; Antarctic Penguins; Palmer Station; Krill; Seals
Episode: 6
AIDS ; Glass Recycling; Science Challenge; Cement; Wolverine
Episode: 7
Cockroaches; Broken Bones; Dentist Chair; Rhinoceros
Episode: 8
Omnimax Technology; Archery; Lightbulb; Condors
Episode: 9
Aurora Borealis; Air Pressure; Al Gore; Piranha
Episode: 10
Traffic Control; Cryogenics; Static Electricity; Russian Kids
Episode: 11
Blood Typing; Locks & Dams; Moles; Penguins
Episode: 12
Diabetes; Galaxy Mapping; Dweezil Zappa; Ostrich
Episode: 13
Season 11 ( 1993-10-16)
Rock Climbing; Taste Test; Monty Hall; Baby Bobcats
Episode: 1
Emergency Rescue; Black Holes; Pizza; Reindeer
Episode: 2
Memory; In Vitro Fertilization; Goose Bumps; Hummingbirds
Episode: 3
Newspaper; Bomb Squad; Echoes; Mosquitoes
Episode: 4
Jumbo Jets; Meteors; Knuckle Crack; Paper Recycling
Episode: 5
Windsurfing; Permafrost; Tumbleweeds; Zebras
Episode: 6
Spotted Owls; Carpal Tunnel; Foggy Mirrors; Lizards
Episode: 7
Archaeology; Mazes; Dolphins
Episode: 8
Firefighting; Dairy Farm; Inventors Fair; Otters
Episode: 9
Bison Roundup; Heart Attack; Dead Fingernails; Chile Peppers
Episode: 10
The Bends; Compact Disc; Michael York; Wolves
Episode: 11
Garbage; Infrared; Shelley Duvall; Polar Bears
Episode: 12
Mt. Rushmore; Virtual Reality; Candles; Chimpanzees
Episode: 13
Season 12 ( 1994-10-15)
Hang Gliding; Karate; Robin Leach; Elephant
Episode: 1
Sled Dogs; Arctic Travel; Life in Camp; Arctic Weather
Episode: 2
Aircraft Carrier; Brain; Carrier Life
Episode: 3
Brain Mapping; Garlic; Sunscreens; Tasmanian Devil
Episode: 4
Movie Dinosaurs; Bread Chemistry; Scott Hamilton; Wallaby
Episode: 5
Movie Sound Effects; Sun; Globetrotters; Hedgehog
Episode: 6
Dinosaur Extinction; Floods; Blue Seas; Siberian Tiger
Episode: 7
Internet; Antibiotics; Panning for Gold; Taxidermy
Episode: 8
Ethnobotany; Hubble Telescope; Inventors Fair; Komodo Dragons
Episode: 9
Raptor Hospital; Photography; Skipping Stones; Snakes
Episode: 10
Redwoods; Electricity; Monuments; Red Fox
Episode: 11
Printing Money; Gravity; Nature Labs
Episode: 12
Bridges; Earthquakes; Chroma-Key; Grizzly Bear
Episode: 13
Season 13 ( 1995-10-14)
Waterskiing; Reflexes; Escalator; Fat-free Foods
Episode: 1
Circus High Wire; Mummies; Bug Spray; Armadillo
Episode: 2
Maya Bike Trek; Hearing; Parachutes; Owls
Episode: 3
Balloon Safari; Grasslands; Maasai Mara; Mara Animals
Episode: 4
Ice Surfing; DNA Fingerprinting; Bubble Gum; Cold Remedies
Episode: 5
Aircraft Fire Rescue; Balloons; Knives; Science Home Videos
Episode: 6
Simulator Rides; Dolphin Communication; Parade Technology; Laser Show
Episode: 7
Hazardous Materials; In-Line Skating; Skin Wrinkling; Compost
Episode: 8
Human Slingshot Ride; Bone Marrow; King's Singers; Rotting Foods
Episode: 9
Wild Lion Vet; Bicycles; Fish Breathing; Insect Warfare
Episode: 10
Equator; Maasai Village; Coffee; Baby Elephants
Episode: 11
Bird Songs; Ergonomics; Inventor's Fair; Scorpions
Episode: 12
Jungle Survival; Liver; Emus
Episode: 13
Season 14 ( 1996-10-12)
Spelunking; Human Eye; Betty White; Elks
Episode: 1
Sharks; Tattoo; Black Pearls; Coconuts
Episode: 2
Riverboats; Body Fat-II; Motorcycle Scientists; Parrots-II
Episode: 3
Hypercoaster; Nicotine; Erasers; Dance Scientists
Episode: 4
Avalanche Rescue; Prosthetic Limbs; Football Scientist; Popcorn
Episode: 5
Inca Engineering; Quipus; Potatoes; Alpacas
Episode: 6
Ski Jump; Bee Stings; Fear; Ruminants
Episode: 7
Rain Forest Researchers; Snakes; Frogs; Leaf Cutter Ants
Episode: 8
Olympics Solar Energy; Soccer; Trumpets; Earthquake Scientist
Episode: 9
Malaria Tracking; Clocks; Inventors' Fair; Deformed Frogs
Episode: 10
Post Office; Gems; SCI HomeVideo
Episode: 11
Ethanol; Bones; Coyotes
Episode: 12
Wetlands; Eco-Filtration; Drinking Water; Water Tower
Episode: 13
Season 15 ( 1997-10-11)
Lost World Dinosaurs; Glaucoma; Research Vet; Enzyme Cleaners
Episode: 1
Henrietta Marie; Scuba Kids; Fog; Best Of Inventors' Fair
Episode: 2
Goldmine; Phases Of The Moon; Craig T. Nelson; Baby Tiger
Episode: 3
Pet Food; The Family Pack; Wishbone; Not-A-Pet; Exotic Pets
Episode: 4
White Water Rafting; Asthma; Meteorologist; Wild Horses
Episode: 5
Gliders; Suction Cups; Novocaine; Leeches
Episode: 6
Wilderness Training; River Kayaking; Glacier Climbing; Summit Bid
Episode: 7
Glass Blowing; Smiles; Richard Dean Anderson; Enviro-Archaeology
Episode: 8
Mammoth Dig; Greenhouse Effect; Neo-Natologist; Palmer Station
Episode: 9
Kids On Mars; Wind Blow; Badlands; Chocolate
Episode: 10
Zoo Vet; Car Engines; Can Opener; Walking Sticks
Episode: 11
'Bot Or Not; NASA Robots; Mars VR; Robot Camps
Episode: 12
Lightning Bolts; Proteins; Geese; Home Videos
Episode: 13
