Hawking smiles delightedly before an alert causes Data to shut down the holograms. The brainy Brit spits back (via Vlad Paunescu on YouTube), "do not patronize me, sir! I invented physics!" The scene ends with Einstein calling out Hawking, accusing him of bluffing, before the other brainy Brit reveals his (robotic) hand and wins. Hawking makes a long and very scientific joke, which Data begins to explain to Newton. In "Star Trek: The Next Generation" Season 6, Episode 26, "The Descent (Part One)" (via Vlad Paunescu on YouTube), Data is seen playing poker with the three, explaining that he was "curious to see how three of history's greatest minds would interact in this setting." ![]() Through the magic of hologram technology, the Enterprise was a temporary home to a truly formidable trio: Sir Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and, naturally, Stephen Hawking. To hone this, as the official Star Trek website reports, Data sought to meet and spend time with some human geniuses.
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