Once in a great while a soul is born with an extraordinary imagination. Like Albert Einstein, they sometimes set the world on its ear, but usually become an odd outsider. So it was with Woodrow Sterling Lawrence III. Woody, as he was called, dwelt in the realm of rockets and computers while rebelling against his father's dictum to become a lawyer. Woody's knack for sparkling innovations usually ended in disasters, but his zeal pushed him on. Angie, gorgeous college music major, challenged his passion for science by introducing him to Billy Joel. At first, he shunned Angie's fervor, but the mystic power of a Beethoven symphony won him over, giving Woody a profound new understanding of the universe.