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.
Jules Romains
Born: August 26, 1885
Died: August 14, 1972 (aged 86)
Bio: Jules Romains, born Louis Henri Jean Farigoule, was a French poet and writer and the founder of the Unanimism literary movement. His works include the play Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine, and a cycle of works called Les Hommes de bonne volonté.
Known for:
- Knock
- Men Of Good Will
- The Death of a Nobody (1911)
- Memoires de Madame Chauverel
- Les copains (1913)