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Chet Raymo

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born

September 17, 1936 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, The United States

gender

male

website

http://sciencemusings.com

genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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Chet Raymo (born September 17, 1936 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is a noted writer, educator and naturalist. He is Professor Emeritus of Physics at Stonehill College, in Easton, Massachusetts. His weekly newspaper column Science Musings appeared in the Boston Globe for twenty years, and his musings can still be read online at www.sciencemusings.com.

His most famous book was the novel entitled The Dork of Cork, and was made into the feature length film Frankie Starlight. Raymo is also the author of Walking Zero, a scientific and historical account of his wanderings along the Prime Meridian in Great Britain.

Raymo was the recipient of the 1998 Lannan Literary Award for his Nonfiction work.

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Books by Chet Raymo

Average rating: 3.98 · 754 ratings · 142 reviews · 21 distinct works

	The Dork of Cork 396 avg rating — 255 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions	My rating:
	When God Is Gone, Everything Is Holy: The Making of a Religious Naturalist 406 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Skeptics and True Believers: The Exhilarating Connection Between Science and Religion 376 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1998 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Path: A One-Mile Walk Through the Universe 375 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Soul of the Night: An Astronomical Pilgrimage by Chet Raymo, Michael McCurdy 429 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1985 — 4 editions	My rating:
	365 Starry Nights: An Introduction to Astronomy for Every Night of the Year 414 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1982 — 4 editions	My rating:
	An Intimate Look at the Night Sky 424 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Honey from Stone: A Naturalist's Search for God by Chet Raymo, Bob O'Cathail (Illustrator) 433 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1987 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Walking Zero: Discovering Cosmic Space and Time Along the Prime Meridian 345 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Climbing Brandon: Science and Faith on Ireland's Holy Mountain 390 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:

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“Science is not a collection of facts. Nor is science something that happens in the laboratory. Science happens in the head. It's a flight of imagination beyond the constraints of ordinary perception. Columbus chapter -The Virgin and the Mousetrap”
― Chet Raymo

tags: imagination , science

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“Beauty soaks reality as water fills a rag.”
― Chet Raymo, Honey from Stone: A Naturalist's Search for God

tags: beauty , reality , simile , water

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