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.
Mildred Walker

Born: May 2, 1905
Died: May 27, 1998 (aged 93)
Bio: Mildred Walker was an American novelist who published 12 novels and was nominated for the National Book Award. She graduated from Wells College and from the University of Michigan. She was a faculty member at Wells College from 1955 to 1968.
Known for:
- Winter Wheat (1944)
- The Curlew's Cry (1955)
- If a Lion Could Talk (1970)
- Dr. Norton's wife (1938)
- Unless the Wind Turns (1941)