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 E. Simon
Born: November 27, 1927
Died: June 3, 2000 (aged 72)
Bio: William Edward Simon was a businessman, a Secretary of Treasury of the U.S. for three years, and a philanthropist. He became the 63rd Secretary of the Treasury on May 9, 1974, during the Nixon administration.
Known for:
- A Time for Truth (1978)
- A time for reflection
- A time for action (1980)
- Great Catholic Parishes: A Living Mosiac
- Reforming the income tax system (1981)