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.
Tom Lantos
Born: February 1, 1928
Died: February 11, 2008 (aged 80)
Bio: Tom Lantos was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 until his death, representing California's 12th congressional district, located in the southwest part of San Francisco and the area just south in San Mateo County.