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.
Hans Hellmut Kirst

Born: December 5, 1914
Died: February 13, 1989 (aged 74)
Bio: Hans Hellmut Kirst was a distinguished German novelist and the author of 46 books, many of which were translated into English.
Known for:
- The Night of the Generals (1962)
- The Revolt of Gunner Asch (1954)
- Officer factory (1962)
- Hero in the tower (1972)