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.
Laila Lalami
Born: 1968 (age 57)
Bio: Laila Lalami is a Moroccan-American novelist and essayist. After earning her undergraduate degree in Morocco, she received a fellowship to study in the UK, where she earned an MA in linguistics.
Known for:
- The Moor's Account (2014)
- Secret Son (2009)
- Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits (2005)