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.
George Macartney
Born: May 14, 1737
Died: May 31, 1806 (aged 69)
Bio: George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney was a British statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat.
Known for:
- The Public Life of the Earl of Macartney
- An Account of Russia, MDCCLXVII
- An embassy to China