Books by Chet Raymo
“It’s by a scientist—he’s a physicist—and it’s about the one-mile commute that he’s done every day for decades. What he does on this walk is to just to slow down and be interested in it. And because he’s a physicist, he comes at things from the space point of view. So he picks up a pebble and realizes, ‘Oh, this pebble was once part of a huge mountain, which was once an asteroid flying through space.’…He talks about all sorts of things – from black holes to bluebirds. Again, it was a really good way of teaching me about stuff I know nothing about in a way that in a normal science book, I might have found a bit dry and boring.” Read more...
The best books on Local Adventures
Alastair Humphreys, Travel Writer
Interviews where books by Chet Raymo were recommended
The best books on Local Adventures, recommended by Alastair Humphreys
Wonderful as it would be to climb Mount Everest or row across the Atlantic, not all of us will get the chance to go on an epic adventure. But that doesn’t mean we can’t go exploring. Alastair Humphreys, the British adventurer, explains the concept of ‘local adventure’ and recommends books that give a feel for what it’s about and why it’s worth pursuing.
