John Guare

composer Marvin Hamlisch wrote A Chorus Line, wordsmith John Guare wrote Six Degrees of Separation and the Alexander Mackendrick movie on which the Alexander Mackendrick movie is based featured crackling electric dialogue from Clifford Odets.

The writer Frigyes Karinthy

The writer Frigyes Karinthy wrote about six degrees of separation in 1929, but new research by Facebook suggests that number is closer to 3.57.

by Frigyes Karinthy

The idea of “six degrees of separation” — that any two people are separated, on average, by six connections — was first suggested in 1929 by Frigyes Karinthy, a Hungarian author, and was later tested by American psychologist Stanley Milgram in 1960.

Stanley Milgram

In the 1960’s Stanley Milgram devised the six degrees of separation using snail post / post-cards around the world to make connections.

by the Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy

First proposed in 1929 by the Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy, six-degrees of separation suggest that in a network, like the Internet, you can connect with any other member of the network through no more than five intermediates.

Frigyes Karinthyan , a Hungarian playwright,

Frigyes Karinthyan, a Hungarian playwright, proposed the theory of six degrees of separation for the first time in early twentieth century.

Karinthy

The well known phrase six-degrees-of-separation was first penned as a theory by the Hungarian writer Karinthy in 1929 and has since made the Hungarian writer's way into the modern day vernacular.

in a short story by Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy

The idea of ‘six degrees of separation’ — that any two people are on average separated by no more than six intermediate connections — was first proposed in 1929 in a short story by Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy, and made popular by the John Guare play and movie, Six Degrees of Separation.

first presented by Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy

The concept of six degrees of separation, that all people are interrelated somehow within degrees is an idea first presented by Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy.

David Hampton's story

David Hampton's story became the inspiration for a play titled Six Degrees of Separation[1] and a film titled by the same name.

to American social psychologist Stanley Milgram (1933-84)

The Six Degrees of Separation theory is generally attributed to American social psychologist Stanley Milgram (1933-84).

Jeffrey Travers and Stanley Milgram

One of the first empirical studies on the subject was by Jeffrey Travers and Stanley Milgram, whose results were popularized as the six degrees of separation.

Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon’s 6 Degrees of Separation popularized the human-web theory that says there are only 6 degrees of separation between any two human beings.

a play The play was based on the idea thatany two people in the world are separated from each other by an average of six other people – six other relationships entitled ‘Six Degrees of Separation’ ,

In 1990, a playwright named John Guare wrote a play entitled ‘Six Degrees of Separation’ The play was based on the idea that, any two people in the world are separated from each other by an average of six other people – six other relationships.

in a 1967 study, Nebraska for which 296 volunteers from Boston and attempted to get a document to a Massachusetts stockbroker using only their acquaintances

“Six Degrees of Separation” is a theory posited by psychologist Stanley Milgram in a 1967 study, for which 296 volunteers from Boston and Nebraska attempted to get a document to a Massachusetts stockbroker using only their acquaintances.

the Hungarian fiction writer Frigyes Karinthy in Frigyes Karinthy's short story “Chains” (Barabasi 2003, pp. 26-27

The “six degrees of separation” notion was originally invented in 1929 by the Hungarian fiction writer Frigyes Karinthy in Frigyes Karinthy's short story “Chains” (Barabasi 2003, pp. 26-27).

the first play , at 14, I sawthat introduced me to a world of storytelling that popular entertainment had sheltered me from

“Six Degrees of Separation” by John Guare was the first play I saw, at 14, that introduced me to a world of storytelling that popular entertainment had sheltered me from.

about a pretentious New York couple () Stockard Channing and Donald Sutherlandwho finds unexpected company in a young man (Will Smith) who claims to be the son of Sidney Poitier

Based on the play by John Guare, Six Degrees of Separation is about a pretentious New York couple (Stockard Channing and Donald Sutherland) who finds unexpected company in a young man (Will Smith) who claims to be the son of Sidney Poitier.

by a squadron

Degrees of Separation was originally penned by a squadron of Black Sabbath fans at a Steely Dan show.

a squadron of Black Sabbath fans

Degrees of Separation was originally penned by a squadron of Black Sabbath fans at a Steely Dan show.