Adair Butchins

A former Merchant Navy Officer and Bomber Command Navigator, Adair Butchins obtained a degree in astrophysics from Oxford University before working at the University of London Observatory at Mill Hill, where he wrote the software for the Tycho project carried on the Hipparchos satellite of the European Space Agency.

He also spent some time in industry as Principal Engineer in the advanced systems study group at Racal Avionics. He returned to lecture in aeronautics at London Guildhall University. Now retired, he has been an avid student of religion and philosophy all his life. "The Numinous Legacy" is his first book for the general public.

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  • Cosmology & Consciousness

    Adair Butchins, the author of The Numinous Legacy, joined special guest host Art Bell in a conversation that intertwined science and religion this Thursday night. Butchins pointed out that the three monotheistic religions-- Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, were formed before...More »