Quote of the day
What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
A. Edward Newton

Born: 1863
Died: 1940 (aged 77)
Bio: Alfred Edward Newton was an American author, publisher, and avid book collector. He is best known for his book Amenities of Book Collecting which sold over 25,000 copies.
Known for:
- A magnificent farce (1921)
- A Tourist in Spite of Himself (1930)
- Derby Day and Other Adventures (1934)
- The Trollope Society (1934)