Six degrees of separation

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Six degrees of separation

Clip from How Kevin Bacon Cured Cancer | ABC | August 8, 2010

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Duncan Watts reveals how the game and urban myth of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon helped shape his Small World Project and network theory.

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Duncan Watts reveals how the game and urban myth of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon helped shape his Small World Project and network theory.

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