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 Kitchiner

Born: 1775
Died: 1827 (aged 52)
Bio: William Kitchiner M.D. was an English optician, inventor of telescopes, amateur musician and exceptional cook. His name was a household word during the 19th century, and his 1822 cookbook, The Cook's Oracle, was a bestseller in England and the United States.
Known for:
- The economy of the eyes (1824)
- The Cook's Oracle, and Housekeeper's Manual