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.
Gloria Emerson

Born: May 19, 1929
Died: August 3, 2004 (aged 75)
Bio: Gloria Emerson was an American author, journalist and New York Times war correspondent. She won the 1978 National Book Award in Contemporary Thought for her book about the Vietnam War, Winners and Losers.
Known for:
- Winners & Losers (1976)
- Loving Graham Greene (2000)
- At the hems of the lowest clouds (2003)
- Some American Men (1985)