Thursday, May 29, 2008, 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM,
In a special collaboration, the Paley Center for Media presented the American premiere screening of Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives. In this poignant documentary, Mark Oliver Everett, creative force behind the indie rock band "Eels," embarks on a personal journey to understand the astounding contribution that his reclusive father Hugh Everett made to physics — a theory of parallel worlds.
Following the screening, Everett was joined by theoretical physicists Michio Kaku and Max Tegmark, and physicist/moderator Brian Cox, to explore why — fifty years later — his father's work is now gaining wider acceptance. This program was presented in partnership with NOVA, which broadcast the film on PBS in the fall of 2008.
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Participants
Paula S. Apsell heads the flagship PBS science series, NOVA, now in its 35th year. Under Apsell’s leadership, NOVA has won every major broadcast award and is the most popular science series on television. In 2005, Apsell introduced NOVA scienceNOW, a critically acclaimed science newsmagazine dedicated to covering the latest developments in science and technology. read more
Brian Cox is a physicist and BBC television and radio presenter who appears in programs such as In Einstein’s Shadow, Bitesize and Horizon.
Mark Oliver Everett is the lead singer, songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist, and creative force behind the independent rock band, Eels. He is the son of Hugh Everett III, the physicist who proposed the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist and the Henry Semat Professor at the City College of New York and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he has taught for more than 30 years. He is a graduate of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and earned his doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley. read more
Max Tegmark is a leading cosmologist and an ardent proponent of the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. He is a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. read more
