Monday, October 27, 2008
Watch this
Last week on Nova (the PBS science show) they did an episode (click to watch) on Mark Oliver Everett and his dad Hugh Everett. If you don't know who they are... well, Mark is the creative force/leader of the band eels. I've seen these guys at least twice and maybe three times, so I really like the music. His dad was a famous physicist. So anyway the program is about Mark meeting with physicists and trying to understand his late father and his work better. This a great program, especially if your understanding of physics is limited. Mark is not a mathematician and so the people he speaks with make a real effort to explain for understanding. There is also an interesting human element as you learn about life with a math/physics genius and his non-math/science son. Unfortunately the episode is only open for viewing until tomorrow (the 28th), it's really well done so watch it now!
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I watched the rest of it today. It's sad when some people can be so intelligent and yet so socially incoherent. Meaning E's Dad, of course. I'm glad that you found this. I found it really interesting and I think it was really well done. I'm glad that they played Eels music. It also made me feel somewhat smarter after watching, which doesn't happen too much these days...
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