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The Path

A One-Mile Walk Through the Universe

By: Chet Raymo

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The Path

A One-Mile Walk Through the Universe

By: Chet Raymo

For almost forty years, Chet Raymo has walked a one-mile path from his house to the college where he taught, chronicling the universe he has found through observing every detail of his route with a scientist's curiosity, a historian's respect for the past, and a child's capacity for wonder. With each step, the landscape he traversed became richer, suggesting deeper and deeper aspects of astronomy, history, biology, and literature, and making the path universal in scope. His insights inspire us to turn out local paths-- whether through cities, suburbs, or rural areas-- into portals to greater understanding of our interconnectedness with nature and history.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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080271921X

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9780802719218

Honey from Stone

By: Chet Raymo

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Honey from Stone

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A series of lyrical meditations on science, nature and religion in which the author takes as his inspiration a small corner of the West of Ireland, a place of mountain, sea and sky. 'Precisely lyrical, deeply prayerful despite mystical skepticism, this is the work of one who, besides being a science professor, is a true poet'. - Publishers Weekly

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Brandon Books

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0863222323

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9780863222320

An Intimate Look at the Night Sky

By: Chet Raymo

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An Intimate Look at the Night Sky

By: Chet Raymo

On one level, An Intimate Look at the Night Sky is a unique star guide: twenty-four beautiful star maps, created specifically for this book, cycle through the seasons and across the heavens, revealing what you can see with the naked eye throughout the year on a clear night in the northern hemisphere. Raymo's commentaries amplify the maps, offering intriguing details and tips on identifying stars, planets, and constellations. On another level, Chet Raymo challenges our imagination-to see what is unseeable in the universe, to perceive distance and size and shape that is inconceivable, to appreciate ever more fully our extraordinary place in the cosmos. His elegant essays on the heavens blend science and history, mythology and religion, making clear why he is one of the most insightful and passionate science writers of our time.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0802719163

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9780802719164

Walking Zero

Discovering Cosmic Space and Time Along the Prime Meridian

By: Chet Raymo

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Walking Zero

Discovering Cosmic Space and Time Along the Prime Meridian

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In Walking Zero, Chet Raymo uses the Prime Meridian-the line of zero longitude and the standard for all the world's maps and clocks-to tell the story of humandkind's intellectual journey from a cosmos not much larger than ourselves to the universe of the galaxies and geologic eons. As in his highly praised The Path and Climbing Brandon, Raymo connects personally with the story by walking England's Prime Meridian from Brighton through Greenwich to the North Sea. The Prime Meridian passes near a surprising number of landmarks that loom large in science: Isaac Newton's chambers at Trinity College, Cambridge; Charles Darwin's home at Down, in Kent; the site where the first dinosaur fossils were discovered; and John Harrison's clocks in a museum room of the Royal Observatory, among many others. Visiting them in turn, Raymo brings to life the human dramas of courageous individuals who bucked reigning orthodoxies to expand our horizons, including one brave rebel who paid the ultimate price for surmising the multitude of worlds we now take for granted. A splendid short history of astronomy and geology, Walking Zero illuminates the startling interplay of science, psychology, faith, and the arts in our understanding of space and time.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0802718272

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9780802718273

Skeptics and True Believers

The Exhilarating Connection Between Science and Religion

By: Chet Raymo

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Skeptics and True Believers

The Exhilarating Connection Between Science and Religion

By: Chet Raymo

Years ago, noted science teacher and writer Chet Raymo embarked upon his own quest to reconcile the miracle stories he learned as a child with the science he learned as an adult. Skeptics and True Believers is the culmination of that search-a passionate, ever-inquisitive statement that science and religion can mutually reinforce the way we experience the world. Acknowledging that the scientific and the spiritual communities are increasingly split, Raymo builds strong bridges between them. He illustrates his argument with an array of thought-provoking stories, such as the remarkable migratory flight of a small bird called the red knot; the long, glorious glide of the Comet Hyakutake across the night sky; a hilarious alien abduction that didn't happen. Together, they are compelling evidence that religion should embrace the reliable knowledge of the world that science provides, while at the same time science should respect and nourish humankind's need for spiritual sustenance. "Miracles are explainable," Raymo paraphrases the writer Tim Robinson, "it is the explanations that are miraculous." For anyone drawn to reflect on life's meaning and purpose, Chet Raymo's uncompromising skepticism and reverence for mystery will affirm and inspire.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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080271904X

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An Intimate Look at the Night Sky

By: Chet Raymo

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An Intimate Look at the Night Sky

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Honey from Stone

A Naturalist's Search for God

By: Chet Raymo

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Honey from Stone

A Naturalist's Search for God

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Organizing his book according to the monastic hours of prayer, Chet Raymo examines the strength of scientific language to encounter the divine in the natural world.

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Cowley Publications

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1561013374

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Three Hundred and Sixty Five Starry Nights

An Introduction to Astronomy for Every Night of the Year

By: Chet Raymo

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Three Hundred and Sixty Five Starry Nights

An Introduction to Astronomy for Every Night of the Year

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AN INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY FOR EVERY NIGHT OF THE YEAR.

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Simon and Schuster

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0671766066

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The Path

A One-Mile Walk Through the Universe

By: Chet Raymo

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A One-Mile Walk Through the Universe

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The Soul of the Night

An Astronomical Pilgrimage

By: Chet Raymo

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The Soul of the Night

An Astronomical Pilgrimage

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Probing the depths of science and faith, scientist Chet Raymo investigates the mysteries of human spirituality and meaning contained in astronomy. Ranging through the stars and the myths humans have told about them for millennia, Raymo delves into “a pilgrimage in quest of the soul of the night.” Chet Raymo's elegant essays link the mysterious phenomena of the night sky with the human mind and spirit, as he ranges through the realms of mythology, literature, religion, history, and anthropology. Originally published two decades ago, The Soul of the Night is a classic work that is a must for those interested in the relationship between science and faith.

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Cowley Publications

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1461660750

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Walking Zero

Discovering Cosmic Space and Time Along the Prime Meridian

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Discovering Cosmic Space and Time Along the Prime Meridian

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0802718272

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A Theory of Intergenerational Justice

By: Joerg Chet Tremmel

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A Theory of Intergenerational Justice

By: Joerg Chet Tremmel

The appeal to 'our obligations to future generations' is one of the most forceful, emotional and effective arguments available to politicians and citizens and is the cornerstone of all modern policies aimed at sustainable development. Yet, the exact nature and extent of these obligations are unclear - who owes what to whom, exactly, and why? This highly accessible book provides an extensive and comprehensive overview of current research and theory about why and how we should protect future generations. It exposes how and why the interests of people today and those of future generations are often in conflict and what can be done. It rebuts critical concepts such as Parfits' 'non-identity' paradox and Beckerman's denial of any possibility of intergenerational justice. The core of the book is the lucid application of a 'veil of ignorance' to derive principles of intergenerational justice which show that our duties to posterity are stronger than is often supposed. Tremmel's approach demands that each generation both consider and improve the well-being of future generations. To measure the well-being of future generations Tremmel employs the Human Development Index rather than the metrics of utilitarian subjective happiness. The book thus answers in detailed, concrete terms the two most important questions of every theory of intergenerational justice: 'what to sustain' and 'how much to sustain?' Ultimately this book provides a theory of intergenerational justice that is both intellectually robust and practical with wide applicability to law, policy, economics, climate change and all other contexts that affect future generations.

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Routledge

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1136546561

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Climate Ethics

Environmental Justice and Climate Change

By: Joerg Chet Tremmel,Katherine Robinson

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Climate Ethics

Environmental Justice and Climate Change

By: Joerg Chet Tremmel,Katherine Robinson

Climate change is perhaps the most important issue of our time and yet despite the urgency of the problem, the measures necessary to mitigate it have not been implemented. International cooperation has not been forthcoming and there remains a general reluctance towards any major change of lifestyle. Given the urgency of the problem, why has so little been done? In Climate Ethics Joerg Tremmel and Katherine Robinson identify the reasons behind this crucial paradox and propose a way forward. In the first part of the book the authors provide an accessible account of the basics of climate change. In clear and accessible terms they explain the science behind climate change and demystify the complicated terminology that so often hinders a proper understanding of the subject. They identify the substances that cause climate change, reveal which industries are responsible and which aspects of people's everyday lives have the highest emissions connected with them. They explore the consequences of ignoring climate change and, importantly, analyse the obstacles to addressing the issues. In the second part of the book the authors introduce the concept of climate ethics, and explore its importance at a personal, national and international level. They place it firmly at the centre of any successful resolution of the challenges associated with climate change. They review the classical theories of justice and how they relate to climate change, and they examine the complex ethical and moral questions that need to be addressed if long-term solutions are to be found. What moral responsibility do we have to future generations? How should we share out emission rights? Do we take into account past emissions, allowing those who have historically caused more pollution fewer emissions rights than developing countries? Who is to finance the measures to abate climate? And just what is the fairest approach to the politics of climate change on a global scale? The result is an original and timely engagement with one of the most pressing problems facing us and future generations.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857723812

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9780857723819

Valentine

A Love Story

By: Chet Raymo

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Valentine

A Love Story

By: Chet Raymo

Little is known about Valentine, whose name symbolizes romantic love. Chet Raymo draws on the tradition that Valentine was a physician in love with the blind Julia to thread his way through the fabric of romance while illuminating the world of the Roman Empire of Claudius II—a time when Christian deaths provided public entertainment. The ideas in Valentine are startlingly relevant to our own times: globalization vs. fundamentalism, reason vs. superstition, the subversion of virtue by wealth—and the power of passionate love to overcome all obstacles to its consummation.

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Cowley Publications

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1461636086

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Three Hundred and Sixty Five Starry Nights

An Introduction to Astronomy for Every Night of the Year

By: Chet Raymo

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Three Hundred and Sixty Five Starry Nights

An Introduction to Astronomy for Every Night of the Year

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AN INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY FOR EVERY NIGHT OF THE YEAR.

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Simon and Schuster

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0671766066

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The Soul of the Night

An Astronomical Pilgrimage

By: Chet Raymo

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The Soul of the Night

An Astronomical Pilgrimage

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Essays discuss black holes, galaxies, constellations, comets, the moon, the origins of the universe, and the nature of matter

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Prentice Hall Direct

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0138240043

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9780138240042

Biography of a Planet

Geology, Astronomy, and the Evolution of Life on Earth

By: Chet Raymo

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Biography of a Planet

Geology, Astronomy, and the Evolution of Life on Earth

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Describes the physical history of earth and discusses the origins and development of plant and animal life

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176

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Prentice Hall Direct

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0130782130

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9780130782137

Climbing Brandon

Science and Faith on Ireland's Holy Mountain

By: Chet Raymo

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Climbing Brandon

Science and Faith on Ireland's Holy Mountain

By: Chet Raymo

An acclaimed science writer celebrates an enduring symbol of Ireland's Celtic past, Christian tradition and love of nature. In this rich celebration of Mount Brandon, Raymo weaves together myth and science, folklore and natural history, spiritual and physical geographies. He takes us to a time when Mediterranean Christianity ran up against Celtic nature worship and the Irish forged a fusion of knowledge and faith that sustains us today.

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Brandon Books

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0863223311

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9780863223310

The Crust of Our Earth

An Armchair Traveler's Guide to the New Geology

By: Chet Raymo

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The Crust of Our Earth

An Armchair Traveler's Guide to the New Geology

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Discusses the theories concerning continental drift and examines the geology of areas such as the San Andreas Fault, Yellowstone, and the Great Barrier Reef

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0131950991

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