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.
Richard Jefferies
Born: November 6, 1848
Died: August 14, 1887 (aged 38)
Bio: John Richard Jefferies was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels.
Known for:
- AFTER LONDON OR WILD ENGLAND (1885)
- The Story of My Heart (1882)
- The gamekeeper at home (1878)
- Bevis
- Amaryllis at the fair (1887)