A Rocker's Trip Into His Father's Head Space

Rock and roll star Mark Oliver Everett never really knew his father. Now 25 years after his father's death, Mark or 'E' to his friends and fans will get an unexpected view in to the life of his brilliant father Hugh Everett. Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives is a documentary about Everett; a major quantum physicists and creater the Theory of Quantum Mechanics in the 50's. His theory is right up there with Einstein's theory of relativity and Newton's theory of gravity. The theory, about the possibility of parallel worlds was at first rejected by the scientific community, the devestated Hugh Everett withdrew almost entirely into his own mind. The documentury is about his son's journey to understand his withdrawn life and theory. He describes his visit to the dorm room where the theory and largely created as, "in the music world this would be like going to Abbey Road Studios." He met with some of his father's fellow students who are now in their 70's as well as students who have spend their careers studying his work. They are extatic to met him not because of his famous lyrics and rock and roll history but because he is the last living family member of one of science's greatest folk heros. The film will be showed on Tuesday on PBS as the 50 year anniversery of the theory and the 25 year anniversery of his death. The whole expierence has been an emotional look in to the past for Mr. Everett; a long over due journey in to the mind of our time's greatest quantum physicist.