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.
Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby
Born: 1559
Died: April 16, 1594 (aged 35)
Bio: Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby was an English nobleman and politician. He was the son of Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby and Lady Margaret Clifford.