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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.
Naomi Shihab Nye
Born: March 12, 1952 (age 73)
Bio: Naomi Shihab Nye is a poet, songwriter, and novelist. She was born to a Palestinian father and an American mother. Although she calls herself a "wandering poet", she refers to San Antonio as her home.
Known for:
- 19 Varieties of Gazelle (2002)
- A Maze Me (2005)
- Habibi (1997)
- Words under the words (1995)
- Sitti's Secrets (1994)
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