Chet raymo biography

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

Raymo, Chet 1936-

PERSONAL:

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.

ADDRESSES:

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.

CAREER:

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.

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: 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. 

About Chet Raymo

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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