A physicist was an individual type of scientist who specialized in the field of physics.
In 2267, Leonard McCoy claimed that he was neither a scientist or a physicist, asking Spock whether anything that generated electricity could be short circuited. The Vulcan confirmed that it could. (TOS: "Metamorphosis")
Freeman Dyson was a 20th century physicist who postulated that an enormous hollow sphere could be constructed around a star, which could then harness all the radiant energy of that star, providing any population living on the interior virtually inexhaustible sources of power. (TNG: "Relics")
Pell Underhill was a 22nd century physicist who conjectured that a major disruption in time continuity could be compensated for by trillions of counter-reactions. (TNG: "Clues")
Ketteract was a 23rd century Starfleet physicist who synthesized the first Omega molecule. (VOY: "The Omega Directive")
Physics specialties[]
List of physicists[]
- Freeman Dyson
- Albert Einstein
- Galileo Galilei
- Mortimer Harren
- Stephen Hawking
- Ketteract
- Isaac Newton
- Rislan
- Tolen Ren
- Telek R'Mor
- Hikaru Sulu
- Pell Underhill
- Vatm
- Anaanda Ziff
External links[]
- Physics at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Physicist at Wikipedia