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.
Thomas Garrett
Born: August 21, 1789
Died: January 25, 1871 (aged 81)
Bio: Thomas Garrett was an American abolitionist and leader in the Underground Railroad movement before the American Civil War.
Known for:
- Old Dominion University Men's Basketball
- Baseball in Norfolk, Virginia
- Baseball in Portsmouth, Virginia