Robert W. Faid

Robert W. Faid (April 30, 1929 – May 30, 2008) was an American author, numerologist and former nuclear engineer from Greenville, South Carolina. He held a master's degree in theology from . Faid was an agnostic in his early life and converted to Christianity after recovery from cancer.^[1]

Faid is listed as the inventor on two 1977 United States patents relating to improvements in the construction of concrete structures such as containment buildings for nuclear power plants.

Biography[]

Faid served in the United States Army during the end of World War II, and later in the Korean War. He was one of the first . He graduated with a degree in Engineering from Johns Hopkins University,^{[citation needed]} and began a twenty-five-year career with W.R. Grace & Company, from which he retired in 1973. Mr. Faid was not only a Christian American author, as a nuclear engineer, Faid held the honor of being one of the top ten nuclear scientists until 1975.^{[citation needed]} He also held a degree in Theology from Coatesville Bible College, and was a faithful member of the Greenville First Church of the Nazarene. He died on May 30, 2008, due to cancer.^[2]

Ig Nobel Prize[]

In 1993, Faid was awarded the Ig Nobel prize for Mathematics for calculating the exact odds (710,609,175,188,282,000 to 1^[3][4]) that Mikhail Gorbachev is the Antichrist, based on his 1988 book Gorbachev! Has the Real Antichrist Come?

On hearing about the award, Faid said "It's a serious book, not a joke... mathematically minded people use numbers to answer many questions, even questions that are not overtly mathematical."

Bibliography[]

• Gorbachev! Has the Real Antichrist Come? (ISBN 0-932081-19-3) (1988)
• A Scientific Approach to Biblical Mysteries (ISBN 0-89221-231-4) (1993)
• A Scientific Approach to More Biblical Mysteries (ISBN 0-89221-283-7) (1995)
• A Scientific Approach to Christianity (ISBN 0-89221-186-5) (1990)
• Lydia: Seller of Purple (ISBN 0-88270-569-5) (1984)

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