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.
Eric Ambler
Born: June 28, 1909
Died: October 22, 1998 (aged 89)
Bio: Eric Clifford Ambler was an influential British author of thrillers, in particular spy novels who introduced a new realism to the genre. He also worked as a screenwriter.
Known for:
- Journey into Fear (1940)
- Epitaph for a spy (1938)
- Judgment on Deltchev (1951)
- The Light of Day (1962)
- Passage of Arms (1959)