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Article: `The Path: A One-Mile Walk Through the Universe,' by Chet Raymo; Walker & Company (197 pages, $21).
- Article from:
- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- May 5, 2003
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Byline: Frank Wilson
"For thirty-seven years," Chet Raymo writes in the opening sentence of "The Path," "I have walked the same path back and forth each day from my home in the village of North Easton, Massachusetts, to my place of work, Stonehill College." Over the years, "the path became more than a walk ... it became "the Path, a "Tao (Way), a thread that ties one life and the universe together."
Raymo was inspired, he says, by Gilbert White, an 18th-century Englishman who spent 25 years meticulously observing the natural phenomena in and around the village where he was curate and who in 1789 published "The Natural History and Antiquities of ...
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Article: RAYMO PUTS WRITINGS ON HIS OWN WEBSITE
The Boston Globe;
July 6, 2004 ;
237 words
...Chet Raymo, who wrote a science essay on these pages for two decades, has begun writing feistier and more personal pieces online at www.sciencemusings.com. The site is also classroom-friendly, with web links and suggestions for student readings and activities.
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