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.
James Cook
Born: November 7, 1728
Died: February 14, 1779 (aged 50)
Bio: Captain James Cook was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy.
Known for:
- A voyage to the Pacific Ocean
- Pacific images
- Hunt for the Southern Continent
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