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.
Catherine Sinclair

Born: April 17, 1800
Died: August 6, 1864 (aged 64)
Bio: Catherine Sinclair was a Scottish novelist and a writer of children's literature which departed from the moralising approach common in that period.
Known for:
- Holiday House: A Series of Tales (1839)
- Popish Legends, Or, Bible Truths (1852)
- Cross Purposes: A Novel (1855)