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.
Walter Prescott Webb

Born: April 3, 1888
Died: March 8, 1963 (aged 74)
Bio: Walter Prescott Webb was an American historian noted for his groundbreaking work on the American West. As president of the Texas State Historical Association, he launched the project that produced the Handbook of Texas.
Known for:
- The Great Plains (1931)
- The Texas Rangers (1935)
- The great frontier (1952)
- The story of the Texas Rangers (1957)
- Flat Top, a Story of Modern Ranching (1960)