Chet Raymo and "Science Musings"

One of the world's great geniuses, and American National Treasure, is the scientist, teacher, and writer Chet Raymo. Chet has written two of my favorite books: Climbing Brandon: Science and Faith on Ireland's Holy Mountain; and Honey from Stone: A Naturalist's Search for God. For desciptions of all sixteen of his books, check this link: http://www.sciencemusings.com/books/ . Both of these books are set in Ireland (Raymo has a home on the Dingle Peninsula, the Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) area of County Kerry, Ireland). Chet Raymo has such a broad learning, you wonder how a human being in one lifetime could acquire such knowledge and wisdom. He combines the mind of a physicist-astronomer with the heart of a poet and a spirit aching for God.

Besides Chet Raymo's wonderful books, he writes columns under the title of "Science Musings" (http://www.sciencemusings.com/about/) and has a related blog at http://www.sciencemusings.com/blog/ .

Here is a brief description of Chet Raymo from his "Science Musings" website:

About Chet Raymo

Chet Raymo is Professor Emeritus at Stonehill College in North Easton, Massachusetts. He is the author of twelve books on science and nature, including Skeptics and True Believers, An Intimate Look At the Night Sky, The Path: A One-Mile Walk Through the Universe, and most recently Walking Zero: Discovering Cosmic Space and Time Along the Prime Meridian. His work has been widely anthologized, including in the Norton Book of Nature Writing and annual editions of Best American Science and Nature Writing. He is a winner of a 1998 Lannan Literary Award for his nonfiction work, and the subject of a biographical essay in American Nature Writers. Raymo has authored three novels: In the Falcon's Claw, Valentine, and The Dork of Cork, which was made into a major film.

Here is a link to the Wikipedia entry on Chet Raymo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Raymo

I would love to meet Chet Raymo some day. He has certainly inspired me to climb Mt. Brandon, one of Ireland's great holy mountains--one of these days! I'm proud that he has degrees from my alma mater, the University of Notre Dame.

I've written some poems inspired by Climbing Brandon and Honey from Stone and will post them at some future date.