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.
Neal Cassady

Born: February 8, 1926
Died: February 4, 1968 (aged 41)
Bio: Neal Leon Cassady was a major figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic and counterculture movements of the 1960s. He was prominently featured as himself in the original "scroll" version of Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road.
Known for:
- The First Third
- Collected letters, 1944-1967 (1962)
- Grace Beats Karma
- Van Gogh's Ear: Best World Poetry & Prose
- El Primer Tercio