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  <name><![CDATA[Chet Raymo]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[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.

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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  <title><![CDATA[Skeptics and True Believers: The Exhilarating Connection Between Science and Spirituality]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[When God is Gone, Everything is Holy: The Making of a Religious Naturalist]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[365 Starry Nights: An Introduction to Astronomy for Every Night of the Year]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[An Intimate Look At the Night Sky]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Walking Zero: Discovering Cosmic Space and Time Along the PRIME MERIDIAN]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Climbing Brandon: Science and Faith on Ireland's Holy Mountain]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Honey from Stone: A Naturalist's Search for God]]></title>
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