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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.
Hans Christian Andersen
Born: April 2, 1805
Died: August 5, 1875 (aged 70)
Bio: Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales.
Known for:
- The Little Mermaid (1837)
- The Snow Queen (1844)
- The Ugly Duckling (1843)
- The Princess and the Pea (1835)
- The Little Match Girl (1845)
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