DR. GERALD SCHROEDER taught physics at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology for a period of seven years. (He earned his PhD in
two fields: Earth and Planetary Sciences; and, Nuclear Physics at
MIT as well.)
He has
authored some 60 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals
and the results of his research have been reported in Time and
Newsweek magazines, Scientific American, and newspapers from
Boston to Adelaide, Australia.
As a
consultant to the US Government, he participated in the
formulation of nuclear non-proliferation treaties with the former
Soviet Union. In this context he witnessed the detonation of six
atomic bombs, at the US testing facility.
He has
also acted as consultant to government agencies in Canada, the
Peoples Republic of China, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and
Thailand.
Recently, he has authored GENESIS AND THE BIG BANG, published by Bantam Doubleday, now in six languages; and, THE SCIENCE OF GOD, published by Free Press of Simon & Schuster.