Series · Family, Documentary
Newton's Apple (1983)Season 12
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.
- Network
- PBS
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- First aired
- October 15, 1983
- Status
- Ended
Cast
- Peggy KnappSelf - Field Reporter
- David HeilSelf - Host
Ira FlatowSelf - Host
SuChin PakSelf - Host- Dave HuddlestonSelf - Host
- Brian HackneySelf - Host
Eileen GalindoSelf - Host
Episodes
0/13 watched- Episode 1: Hang Gliding; Karate; Robin Leach; Elephant30 min · Oct 15, 1994
- Episode 2: Sled Dogs; Arctic Travel; Life in Camp; Arctic Weather30 min · Oct 22, 1994
- Episode 3: Aircraft Carrier; Brain; Carrier Life30 min · Oct 29, 1994
- Episode 4: Brain Mapping; Garlic; Sunscreens; Tasmanian Devil30 min · Nov 5, 1994
- Episode 5: Movie Dinosaurs; Bread Chemistry; Scott Hamilton; Wallaby30 min · Nov 12, 1994
- Episode 6: Movie Sound Effects; Sun; Globetrotters; Hedgehog30 min · Nov 19, 1994
- Episode 7: Dinosaur Extinction; Floods; Blue Seas; Siberian Tiger30 min · Nov 26, 1994
- Episode 8: Internet; Antibiotics; Panning for Gold; Taxidermy30 min · Dec 3, 1994
- Episode 9: Ethnobotany; Hubble Telescope; Inventors Fair; Komodo Dragons30 min · Dec 10, 1994
- Episode 10: Raptor Hospital; Photography; Skipping Stones; Snakes30 min · Dec 17, 1994
- Episode 11: Redwoods; Electricity; Monuments; Red Fox30 min · Dec 24, 1994
- Episode 12: Printing Money; Gravity; Nature Labs30 min · Dec 31, 1994
- Episode 13: Bridges; Earthquakes; Chroma-Key; Grizzly Bear30 min · Jan 7, 1995
