Chet raymo biography
- Chet Raymo (born September 17, 1936, in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is a.
- Chet Raymo is Professor Emeritus at Stonehill College in North Easton, Massachusetts.
- Chet Raymo is a noted writer, educator and naturalist.
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Raymo, Chet 1936–
PERSONAL:
Born September 17, 1936; married; wife's name Maureen; children: Tom, Maureen. Education: University of Notre Dame, B.S., 1958, Ph.D., 1964; University of California, Los Angeles, M.S.
ADDRESSES:
Home—North Easton, MA. Office—Stonehill College, 320 Washington St., Easton, MA 02357.
CAREER:
Author, physicist, astronomer, naturalist, columnist, and educator. Stonehill College, Easton, MA, professor of physics and astronomy, c. 1964-2003, professor emeritus, 2003—; Boston Globe, Boston, MA, columnist, c. 1985-2003.
AWARDS, HONORS:
Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction, Lannan Foundation, 1998.
WRITINGS:
NONFICTION
(And illustrator) 365 Starry Nights: An Introduction to Astronomy for Every Night of the Year, Prentice-Hall (Englewood Cliffs, NJ), 1982.
The Crust of Our Earth: An Armchair Traveler's Guide to the New Geology, Prentice-Hall (Englewood Cliffs, NJ), 1983.
Biography of a Planet: Geology, Astronomy, and the Evolution of Life on Earth, Prentice-Hall (Englewood Cliffs, NJ), 1984.
The Soul of the Night: An Astronomical Pil Born 1936; married; wife's name Maureen; children: Tom, Maureen. Education: University of Notre Dame, B.S., 1958, Ph.D., 1964; University of California, Los Angeles, M.S. Home—North Easton, MA. Office—Stonehill College, 320 Washington St., Easton, MA 02357. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Walker & Co., 104 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10011. Author and educator. Stonehill College, Easton, MA, professor of physics and astronomy, c. 1964-2003, professor emeritus, 2003—; Boston Globe, Boston, MA, columnist, c. 1985-2003. Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction, Lannan Foundation, 1998. (And illustrator) 365 Starry Nights: An Introduction to Astronomy for Every Night of the Year, Prentice-Hall (Englewood Cliffs, NJ), 1982. The Crust of Our Earth: An Armchair Traveler's Guide to the New Geology, Prentice-Hall (Englewood Cliffs, NJ), 1983. Biography of a Planet: Geology, Astronomy, and the Evolution of Life on Earth, Prentice-Hall (Englewood Cliffs, NJ), 1984. The Soul of the Night: A Science writer and naturalist Chet Raymo’s weekly Science Musings column appeared in the Boston Globe from 1983 to 2003. The column offered informed and provocative meditations on science as a creative human activity and celebrated the grandeur and mystery of the natural world. Chet continued writing Science Musings for a global audience on his blog from 2004 until his retirement from writing in 2016. In over thirty years, both in print and online, he produced over one thousand essays and four thousand blog posts exploring science and nature. The new Science Musings archive has collected and presented these weekly essays, most of which have not been seen in print in over two decades, for a new generation of readers. Chet Raymo is Professor Emeritus at Stonehill College in North Easton, Massachusetts. He is the author of fourteen books on science and nature. His work has been widely anthologized, including in the Nor
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