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.
Caleb Atwater

Born: December 25, 1778
Died: March 13, 1867 (aged 88)
Bio: Caleb Atwater was an American politician, historian, and early archaeologist in the state of Ohio. He served several terms as a state politician and was appointed as United States postmaster of Circleville, Ohio.
Known for:
- Writings of Caleb Atwater (1833)
- An essay on education (1841)
- Remarks made on a tour to Prairie du Chien (1831)