The Man Who Shocked the World

Commments
Ben Carsten
Brian Salato
Devin McKaskle


Description
This book is a biography of Stanley Milgram written by Thomas Blass. Stanley Milgram is the popular social psychologist who performed several experiments on human obedience and created the "six degrees of separation" theory. The book follows his entire life and describes his schooling, experiments, movie work, and interactions with colleagues in detail.

I had heard of the "Milgram Experiments" and the six degrees of separation theory before but never learned about them in detail. I enjoyed learning about the way these experiments came to be and liked the description of his interactions with his teachers and, later, students. I think Milgram would have been an interesting person to talk to, although slightly intimidating because he would be surely thinking about every little action you make.