MY FATHER, PHYSICIST HUGH EVERETT III parallel ' I f worlds, & v parallel Wves Jniversitat St.Gallen (HSG) Bibliothek HM00336943 As Seen on Public Television ISBN978-1-59375-S68-4 Mark Oliver Everett, better known as E, is the lead singer of the EELS. What most of his fans don't '83421 42899 know is that Mark's father, Hugh Everett III, was a physicist who gave birth to one of science's most bizarre theories—the "Many Worlds" interpretation of quantum mechanics. This predicts that parallel universes are constantly splitting off from the one we all live in. Initially overlooked, today Hugh SPECIAL DVD Everett's theory is explored by many FEATURES INCLUDE top physicists. The film follows the wry j . • PrintablPrintablee matermateriali s and charismatic Mark, who had been for educators estranged from his father, as he travels * •• AccesAccesss tto thee NOVA Web site across America to learn about the father • Scene selection he never knew. Only by entering the • Closed captions M paradoxical world of quantum mechanics • Described video can Mark hope to understand the riddle for the visually impaired o))) of his father's brilliant but troubled mind. THANK YOU! YOUR PURCHASE SUPPORTS QUALITY PBS PROGRAMMING. TO PURCHASE OTHER PUBLIC TELEVISION PROGRAMS, VISIT SHOPPBS.ORG/TEACHERS. 1551 D))j Approximate running time: 56 minutes Color I Not Rated I DVD I NTSC I Region 1 I Anamorphic Written, Produced & Directed by Louise Lockwood. Featuring Mark Oliver Everett. Produced for NOVA by Robert Burns and Julia Cort. Executive Producer (or the BBC Andrew Thompson. Creative Director Jill Fullerton Smith. Managing Director Alan Ritsko. Senior Executive Producer Paula S. Apsell. © 2007 BBC. All rights reserved. Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives Additional Material, additional DVD material, and packaging © 2008,2009 WGBH Educational Foundation. All rights reserved. Image credit: Cameron Duguid. Adobe' Acrobat5 Reader* are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc. BBC wordmark and logo are trade marks of the British Broadcasting Corporation and are used under license. BBC logo © 1996. Dolby and the double-D symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. NOVA1" and Descriptive Video Service are registered trademarks of WGBH Educational Foundation. Some DVD players may not be able to access all features. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. 0806077 II Corporation for EjfconMobil DAVIDH.KOCH HHM1 m Public Broadcasting.