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.
Phillis Wheatley

Born: May 8, 1753
Died: December 5, 1784 (aged 31)
Bio: Phillis Wheatley was the first published African-American female poet. Born in West Africa, she was sold into slavery at the age of seven and transported to North America.
Known for:
- Poems of Phillis Wheatley
- Complete writings
- The collected works of Phillis Wheatley