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 Pringle

Born: January 5, 1789
Died: December 5, 1834 (aged 45)
Bio: Thomas Pringle was a Scottish writer, poet and abolitionist. Known as the father of South African poetry, he was the first successful English language poet and author to describe South Africa's scenery, native peoples, and living conditions.
Known for:
- Narrative of a residence in South Africa (1810)
- African poems of Thomas Pringle
- The poetical works of Thomas Pringle
- Thomas Pringle in South Africa 1820-1826
- Poems illustrative of South Africa