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.
Abel Stevens
Born: 1815
Died: 1897 (aged 82)
Bio: Abel Stevens was an American clergyman, editor, and author known for his books on Methodist religious history.
Known for:
- The women of Methodism (1866)
- A compendious history of American Methodism (1867)
- The centenary of American Methodism (1865)
- Life and Times of Nathan Bangs (1863)