Summary: Bernard Haisch, Ph.D., is an astrophysicist and author of over 130 scientific publications. He served as a scientific editor of the Astrophysical Journal for ten years, and was Principal Investigator on several NASA research projects. After earning his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Haisch did postdoctoral research at the Joint Institute for Laboratory astrophysics. University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. His professional positions include Staff Scientist at the Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory; Deputy Director of the Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Astrophysics at the University of California, Berkeley; and Visiting Scientist at the Max- Planck-Institut fuer Extraterrestrische Physik in Garching, Germany. He was also Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Scientific Exploration. Prior to his career in astrophysics, Haisch attended the Latin School of Indianapolis and the St. Meinrad Seminary as a student for the Catholic priesthood- His first book. The God Theory, received excellent reviews- He is married, with three children, and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, Marsha Sims. Is it possible that there is a purpose behind the universe? One that is consistent with modem science and especially the Big Bang and evolution? I propose that" there is such a grand purpose and that this has profound implications for the meaning of our lives. More than 30 years ago, Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg famously (some would say infamously) wrote in his book. The First Three Minutes'.
