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Blass, Thomas.

The man who shocked the world : the life and legacy of Stanley Milgram / Thomas Blass. - 1st ed. - New York : Basic Books, - xxiv, 360 pages, [8] of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-347) and index.

The neighborhood with no name -- Making the grade at Harvard -- Norway and France -- From the "princetitute" to Yale -- Obedience: the experience -- Obedience: the experiment -- Aftershocks -- Return to academic Eden -- City psychology -- Center stage -- Vexations, cyranoids, and the declining years -- Milgram's legacy.

"The creator of the famous "Obedience Experiments," carried out at Yale in the 1960s, and originator of the "six degrees of separation" concept, Stanley Milgram was one of the most innovative scientists of our time. In this biography - the first in-depth portrait of Milgram - Thomas Blass captures the colorful personality and pioneering work of a man who profoundly altered the way we think about human nature."--Jacket.

ISBN: 9780738203997 0738203998

LCCN: 2003023841

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA4Y3733 bnb GBA400000 bnb

Subjects--Personal Names:
Milgram, Stanley.
Milgram, Stanley.
Milgram, Stanley.
Milgram, Stanley.
Milgram, Stanley.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social psychologists--United States--Biography.
Authority.
Obedience.
Social psychology.
Social psychology--Experiments.
Psychology, Social.
Social Conformity.
Behavioral Research--history.
Behavioral Research--ethics.
Psychosociologues----Biographies.


Psychologie sociale.
Psychologie sociale--
Authority.
Obedience.
Social psychologists.
Social psychology.
Social psychology--Experiments.
Sociale psychologie.
Experimenten.
Milgram-Experiment
Sozialpsychologie

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography.
Biographies.
Biography.
Biographies.
Biographies.

LC Class. No.: HM1031.M55 / B57 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 302.092 B

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2006 I-515 WZ 100 / M368b 2004