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.
Bernard Moitessier

Born: April 10, 1925
Died: June 16, 1994 (aged 69)
Bio: Bernard Moitessier, a French national born and raised in Vietnam, was a sailor most notable for his participation in the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, the first round the world yacht race.
Known for:
- The Long Way (1973)
- La Longue route (1971)
- Vagabond des mers du sud (1960)
- A Sea Vagabond's World
- Sailing to the Reefs