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.
Elihu Burritt

Born: 1811
Died: March 6, 1879 (aged 68)
Bio: Elihu Burritt was an American diplomat, philanthropist and social activist.
Known for:
- Sparks from the anvil (1846)
- Walk from London to Land's End and back (1865)
- A Sanskrit Handbook for the Fireside (1876)