tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156423369007429823.post9092637407141658753..comments2023-10-29T02:47:41.801-05:00Comments on The Rheol World: A Point of ClarificationEric F. Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08958444625526825210noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156423369007429823.post-20028704309040326552011-01-07T08:00:27.227-06:002011-01-07T08:00:27.227-06:00I am the only "Spevacek" in the SOR. Th...I am the only "Spevacek" in the SOR. That may surprise you, but it shouldn't. Spevacek is actually a reasonably common Bohemian name and means "singer" (something that I can most strongly assure you is not a genetic trait!). I am aware of at least 2 other John Spevaceks here in the US. <br /><br />There is a Jiri Spevacek in the Czech Acadamy of Sciences who has published quite a few papers over the years in polymer science, mostly in the area of 13-C NMR. One year when I still worked at a large corporation that did year-end performance reviews, I took a list of all the papers he had published that year (under the name "J. Spevacek") and tried to convince my supervisor that I had authored them. As expected, I didn't get too far, but we both got a good laugh. <br /><br />Maybe you could try it with your current boss?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04412324900423436763noreply@blogger.com