Robert W. Faid (1929 — May 26, 2008) was an American author, numerologist and former nuclear engineer from Greenville, South Carolina. He holds a master's degree in theology from Coatesville Bible College. Faid was an agnostic in his early life and converted to Christianity after recovery from a cancer.

Bob went to serve his country in the United States Army during the end of World War II, and later in the Korean Conflict. He was one of the first Airborne Rangers. He graduated with a Degree in Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, and began a twenty-five year career with W.R. Grace & Company, from which he retired in 1973. Mr. Faid was not only Christian American author, as a nuclear engineer, Robert held the honor of being on of the top ten nuclear scientists until 1975. He also held a degree in Theology from Coatesville Bible College, and was a faithful member of the Greenville First Church of the Nazarene.

In 1993, Faid was awarded the Ig Nobel prize for Mathematics for calculating the exact odds 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 mathmatical."

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

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)