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Ray Norris is a British and Australian astrophysicist whose day-job is spent at the edge of the Universe. He also researches Australian Aboriginal astronomy, and the astronomy of British Bronze-age stone circles.

At high school, he had two passions: physics and literature. Sadly, you have to choose one or the other to make a career. Ray chose physics, and has spent most of his life trying to understand how the Universe evolved from the Big Bang to the present day.

On turning 50, he decided to try out his other potential career path, and wrote his first novel, Graven Images.

To research it. Ray learnt from modern-day Wiccans, connecting their beliefs to his knowledge of ancient astronomy, encapsulated in the stone circles and megaliths of Brit ...more

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	Graven Images 3.97 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emu Dreaming by Ray Norris (Goodreads Author), Cilla Norris 4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Big Sky: When the Emu Left the Earth (First Nations, First Knowledges) by Bruce Pascoe, Ray Norris (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bioastronomy 2002: Life Among the Stars by Ray Norris (Goodreads Author), Frank Stootman really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At The Edge Of The Universe: Latest Results from the Deepest Astronomical Surveys : Proceedings of a Meeting Held at Sintra, Portugal, 9-13 October ... Society of the Pacific Conference Ser) by José Afonso, Henry C. Ferguson, Bahram Mobasher 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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