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.
Willard Nelson Clute
Born: February 26, 1869
Died: 1950 (aged 80)
Bio: Willard N. Clute was an American author, naturalist and botanist. He was born in Steuben County, New York, the son of George N. and Ruth Wright Clute. He married Ida Martin, who illustrated some of his works.
Known for:
- Experimental General Science (1917)
- The Useful Plants of the World (1928)