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Six Degrees of Separation

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Alistair Mooney Alistair Mooney | 10:00 UK time, Wednesday, 6 May 2009

Documentary unfolding the science behind the idea of six degrees of separation.

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Originally thought to be an urban myth, it now appears that anyone on the planet can be connected in just a few steps of association. Six degrees of separation is also at the heart of a major scientific breakthrough; that there might be a law which nature uses to organise itself and that now promises to solve some of its deepest mysteries.

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