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.
Stephanie S. Tolan

Born: 1942 (age 83)
Bio: Stephanie S. Tolan is an American author of children's books. Her book Surviving the Applewhites received a Newbery Honor in 2003. She obtained a master's degree in English at Purdue University. Tolan is a senior fellow at the Institute for Educational Advancement.
Known for:
- Surviving the Applewhites (2002)
- Listen! (2006)
- Plague Year (1990)
- Wishworks, Inc (2009)
- Welcome to the Ark (1996)