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.
Gwendolyn MacEwen
Born: September 1, 1941
Died: November 29, 1987 (aged 46)
Bio: Gwendolyn Margaret MacEwen was a Canadian poet and novelist. A "sophisticated, wide-ranging and thoughtful writer," she published more than 20 books in her life.
Known for:
- The T.E. Lawrence poems (1982)
- Julian the Magician (1963)
- King of Egypt, King of Dreams (1971)
- Selected Poetry of Gwendolyn MacEwen
- The Honey Drum: Seven Tales from Arab Lands (1983)