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.
W. Brian Arthur
Born: July 21, 1946 (age 78)
Bio: William Brian Arthur is an economist credited with influencing and describing the modern theory of increasing returns. He has lived and worked in Northern California for many years.
Known for:
- Complexity and the Economy (2014)
- The Economy As an Evolving Complex System II