Chet Raymo

Chet Raymo
Born	September 17, 1936 Chattanooga, Tennessee
Occupation	Professor, writer
Nationality	American
Period	1982-present
Genres	Science, nature
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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. This is now a daily blog by him. Raymo espouses his Religious Naturalism in When God is Gone Everything is Holy – The Making of a Religious Naturalist and frequently in his blog. As Raymo says - I attend to this infinitely mysterious world with reverence, awe, thanksgiving, praise. All religious qualities. ^[1] Raymo has been a contributor to The Notre Dame Magazine ^[2] and Scientific American.^[3]

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.

Major works

• 1982 365 Starry Nights ISBN 0-6717-6606-6
• 1984 Biography of a Planet ISBN 0-13-078221-1
• 1985 The Soul of the Night ISBN 1-5610-1236-X
• 1987 Honey from Stone ISBN 1-5610-1235-1
• 1990 In the Falcon's Claw ISBN 1-5610-1287-4
• 1991 The Virgin and the Mousetrap: Essays in Search of the Soul of Science, Viking Books ISBN 0670833150
• 1993 The Dork of Cork ISBN 0-4466-7000-6
• 1998 Skeptics and True Believers ISBN 0-8027-7564-0
• 2000 Natural Prayers ISBN 1-8869-1345-5
• 2001 An Intimate Look at the Night Sky ISBN 0-8027-1369-6
• 2003 The Path ISBN 0-8027-1402-1
• 2004 Climbing Brandon ISBN 0-8027-1433-1
• 2005 Valentine ISBN 1-5610-1286-6
• 2006 Walking Zero ISBN 0-8027-1494-3
• 2008 When God is Gone, Everything is Holy ISBN 1-933495-13-8

References

1. ^ "Stonehill College". stonehill.edu. http://www.stonehill.edu/x16569.xml. Retrieved 3/21/2011. 
2. ^ "to The Notre Dame Magazine". magazine.nd.edu. http://magazine.nd.edu/news/14932-let-me-begin-this-celebration-of-life/. Retrieved 3/18/2011. 
3. ^ "Scientific American". scientificamerican.com. http://www.scientificamerican.com/author.cfm?id=159. Retrieved 3/2/2010. 

External links

• Science Musings (official blog site)
• Lannan Foundation Biography
• Top Ten Books for Religious Naturalism
• Religious Naturalist

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Name	Raymo, Chet
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Date of birth	September 17, 1936
Place of birth	Chattanooga, Tennessee
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