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 P. Marquand
Born: November 10, 1893
Died: July 16, 1960 (aged 66)
Bio: John Phillips Marquand was an American writer. Originally best known for his Mr. Moto spy stories, he achieved popular success and critical respect for his satirical novels, winning a Pulitzer Prize for The Late George Apley in 1938.
Known for:
- The Late George Apley (1937)
- Wickford Point (1939)
- Women and Thomas Harrow (1958)
- H. M. Pulham, esquire (1941)
- Your Turn, Mr. Moto (1935)