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.
Marvin L. Cohen

Born: March 3, 1935 (age 90)
Bio: Marvin L. Cohen is a Canadian-born and materials science at the University of California, Berkeley. Nobel laureate Robert B. Laughlin studied under John D. Joannopoulos, a student of Cohen's.
Known for:
- Fundamentals of Condensed Matter Physics (2016)
- How to Outthink a Wall: An Anthology (2016)
- Plays from the New York Shakespeare Festival (1986)