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.
Bolesław Prus
Born: August 20, 1847
Died: May 19, 1912 (aged 64)
Bio: Bolesław Prus, born Aleksander Głowacki, is a leading figure in the history of Polish literature and philosophy and a distinctive voice in world literature.
Known for:
- The Doll (1890)
- Pharaoh (1897)
- Katarynka (1880)
- The Outpost (1886)
- The Pharaoh and the Priest (1902)