The Fairborn Institute
The nonprofit Fairborn Institute supports science research and education in two areas: Cosmic
Evolution and Observational Astronomy.
Cosmic Evolution
Cosmic Evolution is defined as a unified view of physical, biological, and cultural evolution.
Institute work in this area has concentrated on organizing a dozen workshops and conferences,
with several conference proceedings published as books. Several years of research were
published in two books, the 1997 book, The Chimpanzees Who Would Be Ants: A Unified
Scientific Story of Humanity, and the 2007 book, Humanity: The Chimpanzees Who Would Be
Ants. A third version of this book with a tentative new title, The Great Planetary Transition: Deep
Evolution and the Future of AI, Humanity, and Earth. A new workshop is tentatively scheduled
for February 15-19, 2027, in Kapolei, Oahu, Hawaii.
Forward by
Peter J. Richerson
Published by
The Collins Foundation PressSanta Margarita, CA 2007
406 page hard-back book containing 50 chapters.
Edited by
Joseph Bulbulia, Richard Sosis, Erica Harris,
Russell Genet, Cheryl Genet, Karen Wyman
Published by
The Collins Foundation Press
Santa Margarita, CA
2008
438 page book containing 38 chapters.
Hard Cover
Edited by
Cheryl Genet, Jack Palmer,
Linda Gibler, Linda Palmer,
Russell Genet, & Vera Wallen
Foreword by
Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack
Published by
The Collins Foundation Press
Santa Margarita, CA
2012
368 page hard-back book containing 34 chapters.
Edited by
Cheryl Genet,
Russell Genet, Brian Swimme
Linda Palmer and Linda Gibler
Foreword by
David Christian
Published by
The Collins Foundation Press
Santa Margarita, CA
2009
Observational Astronomy
Observational astronomy research has been concentrated on stellar astronomy, particularly
binary star astrometry. Most of the research has been conducted with students, with over 100 published papers and 1000 student coauthors. A half-dozen books have been published in this area, most with student coauthors or co-editors.
1985
Microcomputer Control of Telescopes. Editors: Mark Trueblood and Russell Genet. Willmann-Bell.
1989
Robotic Observatories: A Handbook of Remote-Access Personal-Computer Astronomy. Editors: Russell Genetand Donald Hayes. Fairborn Press.
1997
Telescope Control. Editors: Mark Trueblood and Russell Genet. Willmann-Bell.
1987
The Photoelectric Photometry Handbook. Editors: David Genet, Russell Genet, and Karen Genet. Fairborn Press.
Supernova 1987A: Astronomy’s Explosive Enigma. Russell Genet, Donald Hayes, Douglas Hall, and David Genet.Fairborn Press.
New Generation Small Telescopes. Editors: Donald Hayes, David Genet, and Russell Genet.
Russell M. Genet Russ’s lifelong interests have been cosmic evolution (the synthesis of physical,biological, and cultural evolution, astronomy, and aviation. Currently Russ is working on his latest cosmice volution book, Our Planetary Moment: Will AI help us save the Earth or turn us into ants? teaching astronomy research courses at Gila Community College and, at 85, still making instrument approaches in his Cherokee 180 airplane. Russ has a BS in electrical engineering and a PhD in astronomy. He pioneered the development of robotic telescopes in the 1980s, was President of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific from 1993 to1995, and initiated the Astronomy Research Seminars in 2007 that have now spread to many schools. Russ is the author or coauthor of many books and papers, see https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8020-3459. For additional background visit Russell Merle Genet on Wikipedia or read his memoir, Making Childhood Dreams Come True (Amazon).
Published by
Fairborn Institute
2022