Ebook: The man who shocked the world: the life and legacy of Stanley Milgram

Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1 The Neighborhood with No Name; 2 Making the Grade at Harvard; 3 Norway and France; 4 From the "Princetitute" to Yale; 5 Obedience: The Experience; 6 Obedience: The Experiment; 7 Aftershocks; 8 Return to Academic Eden; 9 City Psychology; 10 Center Stage; 11 Vexations, Cyranoids, and the Declining Years; 12 Milgram's Legacy; Afterword to the Paperback Edition; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Notes; References; Credits; Index.;Creator of the famous Obedience Experiments and originator of the "six degrees of separation" theory, Stanley Milgram transformed our understanding of human nature and continues to be one of the most important figures in psychology and beyond. In this sparkling biography, Thomas Blass captures the colorful personality and pioneering work of a visionary scientist who revealed the hidden workings of our social world. In this new paperback edition, he includes an afterword connecting Milgram's theories to torture, war crimes, and Abu Ghraib.