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.
Mary Hoffman

Born: April 20, 1945 (age 80)
Bio: Mary Lassiter Hoffman is a British writer and critic. She has had over 90 books published whose audiences range from children to adults. One of her best known works is the children's book Amazing Grace, which was a New York Times bestseller at 1.
Known for:
- Stravaganza City of Masks (2002)
- Boundless Grace (1995)
- The Great Big Book of Families (2010)
- The color of home (2002)
- City of Ships (2010)