Influential

Seeing Time Magazine's cover this week, I immediately flipped to the back page to check out what Joel Stein had to say about Time's List of the 100 Most Influential People.

I was halfway through Joel's column when Rocket Scientist saw me with the magazine and said he knows someone on that list.

Joel Stein probably knows a few people on that list, but I bet he doesn't know who the Rocket Scientist knows. I also did not know who the Rocket Scientist knows. He made me guess.

It was easy to eliminate list celebrities like Rihanna and President Obama, who I bet Joel Stein doesn't know either. Look, if Joel Stein knew Rihanna and Obama, he'd be on the list too, right?


Ok, so the nickname 'Rocket Scientist' gives me a subtle clue about likely possibilities. I nailed it after only three guesses. I bet it would take Joel Stein twice as many guesses before he got it right.


Anyway, Rocket Scientist has worked with Donald Sadoway, influential energy engineer (in the Pioneers section, on page 77). An MIT professor, Sadoway is also in great demand consulting with businesses and passing on his expertise from a long and distinguished career. That is how Rocket Scientist met Dr. Donald (as people who know people who know him like to call him). According to the Time piece, he is currently (pun intended) involved with a student-led venture experimenting with large-scale molten-salt-and-liquid-metal batteries.

So Joel, if you need an introduction to Dr. Sadoway, you can contact the Rocket Scientist. Just don't mention your column. Rocket Scientist doesn't read it.

But don't take it personally; he doesn't read my blog, either.













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