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.
Stirling Silliphant

Born: January 16, 1918
Died: April 26, 1996 (aged 78)
Bio: Stirling Dale Silliphant was an American screenwriter and producer. His father, Sterling Silliphant, was a Canadian who immigrated to the United States in 1911, becoming a U.S. citizen in 1916. His mother was Ethel M. Silliphant.
Known for:
- The Towering Inferno (1974)
- The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
- In the Heat of the Night (1967)
- Route 66 (1960 – 1964)
- Naked City (1958 – 1963)