Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives w/ Mark Oliver Everett from the Eels on NOVA (PBS)
By bandweblogs on Oct 17, 2008 in Press Releases | Tags: Eels, Hugh Everett III, Mark Oliver Everett, Nova, Parallel Worlds Parallel Lives, PBS, Quantum Physics, TV

Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives will air on NOVA (PBS) Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 8pm ET/PT.
For most of Mark Oliver Everett’s life, things didn’t add up. Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives follows Mark, better known as E, the lead singer of the band the EELS, across the country as he attempts to understand the fantastic possibility of parallel universes and unravel the story of his troubled family and the father he never really knew—iconoclastic quantum physicist Hugh Everett III.
Hugh Everett’s controversial Many Worlds theory, a startling interpretation of quantum mechanics, makes the astounding prediction that parallel universes are constantly splitting off from our everyday reality. At first derided, the theory has gained traction among some physicists. In this film, the wry and charismatic Mark embarks on a journey back into his father’s life, meeting his old friends and colleagues, and takes a crash course in the weird world of quantum mechanics in order to understand his father’s mind-blowing theory.
About NOVA
Now in its 35th year of broadcasting, NOVA is television’s most-watched ongoing primetime science series, reaching an average of five million viewers weekly. The series remains committed to producing in-depth science programming in the form of hour-long (and occasionally longer) documentaries, from the latest breakthroughs in technology to the deepest mysteries of the natural world. NOVA airs Tuesdays at 8pm ET/PT on WGBH and most PBS stations. It is produced for PBS by the WGBH Science Unit at WGBH Boston. The Director of the WGBH Science Unit and Senior Executive Producer of NOVA is Paula S. Apsell.
Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
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More blog entries:
- Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives BBC Four documentary about Eels founder Mark Everett and his father
- Mark Oliver Everett – Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives nominated for BAFTA + Eels tour dates
- Mark Oliver Everett (Eels) sends letter with invitation to the Queen
- Eels UK tour dates + watch videos from bonus DVD
- Eels – Live at the New Theatre Oxford review
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