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 Temple
Born: April 25, 1628
Died: January 27, 1699 (aged 70)
Bio: Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet was an English statesman and essayist.
Known for:
- Readings in St. John's gospel
- Nature, man, and God
- Mens creatrix
- The hope of a new world
- Life of Bishop Percival
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