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.
William Alcott
Born: August 6, 1798
Died: March 29, 1859 (aged 60)
Bio: William Andrus Alcott, also known as William Alexander Alcott, was an American educator, educational reformer, physician, and author of 108 books.
Known for:
- The young man's guide (1833)
- Young Woman's Guide
- Vegetable Diet (1838)
- The Young Mother (1836)