Raymo, Cher. Walking Zero: Discovering Cosmic Space and Time Along the Prime Meridian.(Walking Zero: Discovering Cosmic Space and Time Along the Prime Meridian)(Brief article)(Book review)

Raymo, Chet. Walking Zero: Discovering Cosmic Space and Time Along the Prime Meridian. Walker. May 2006. c.208p, illus. index. ISBN 0-8027-1494-3 [ISBN 978-0-8027-1494-7]. $23. SCI

Raymo (physics & astronomy, emeritus, Stonehill Coll., MA; An Intimate Look at the Night Sky) takes us on a walking tour of the prime meridian, which cuts across England from the Channel to the North Sea. Along the way, he pauses in the vicinity of the homes of scientists of historical significance and sites of momentous scientific discoveries or inventions. As he hikes along this most important of longitudes, he …