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.
Anthony Giddens
Born: January 18, 1938 (age 87)
Bio: Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens is a British sociologist who is known for his theory of structuration and his holistic view of modern societies.
Known for:
- The consequences of modernity (1990)
- Runaway world (1999)
- The constitution of society (1984)
- Modernity and self-identity (1991)
- The Politics of Climate Change (2006)