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.
John O'Hara
Born: January 31, 1905
Died: April 11, 1970 (aged 65)
Bio: John Henry O'Hara was an American writer. He first earned a reputation for short stories and later became a best-selling novelist before the age of thirty with Appointment in Samarra and Butterfield 8.
Known for:
- Appointment in Samarra (1934)
- Ten North Frederick (1955)
- A Rage to Live (1949)
- Gibbsville, PA: The Classic Stories
- John O'Hara's Hollywood