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Technology & Engineering

Manfred Kochen

Who

Manfred Kochen · Technology & Engineering

What

Computer & information scientist

When

1928, Vienna, Austria — 1989, United States

Where

Austria and United States (IBM and University of Michigan)

Biography

Manfred Kochen is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Computer & information scientist

How & why

Manfred Kochen was an Austrian-born American mathematician and information scientist, a pioneer of social-network theory and of the ideas behind 'six degrees of separation.' Born into a Jewish family that fled Nazism via Lisbon to New York, he became a leading figure in information science.

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Source: Jinfo.org — JEWISH COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENTISTS

Contributions & Sources

Computer & information scientist

Source: Jinfo.org — JEWISH COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENTISTS