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.
Carlos Eire

Born: November 23, 1950 (age 74)
Bio: Carlos M. N. Eire is the T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of History and Religious Studies at Yale University. He is a historian of late medieval and early modern Europe.
Known for:
- Waiting for Snow in Havana (2003)
- A Very Brief History of Eternity (2009)
- War against the idols (1986)