Hans Rosling Data visionary and educator dies aged 68 BBC News Development, Bbc world


ONE remembers the incredible work of Professor Hans Rosling ONE

Doha, Qatar - The global push to expand access to education could take a lesson from former President George W. Bush, says Swedish academic and celebrated data whiz Hans Rosling. Rosling likes to make his points by surprising connections, sometimes to the point of cognitive dissonance.


New foundation to be started in memory of Hans Rosling

Hans was a great friend and supporter of ONE, as well as our predecessor organisation DATA. In a world where opinions and false stories have the power to shape politics and the news, Hans prioritised data and evidence and brought it to life — particularly when talking about the fight against extreme poverty. He was an optimist.


Legacy of Hans Rosling President's blog

The free software — which can be loaded with any data — was purchased by Google in March 2007. (Rosling met the Google founders at TED.) Rosling began his wide-ranging career as a physician, spending many years in rural Africa tracking a rare paralytic disease (which he named konzo) and discovering its cause: hunger and badly processed cassava.


Hans Rosling Center Population Health

Hans Rosling, (born July 27, 1948, Uppsala, Sweden—died February 7, 2017, Uppsala), Swedish physician and statistician who collected statistics and used computer software, props, and his own showmanship to illuminate facts and trends revealed by the data in a series of presentations that made him a YouTube star.


Professor Hans Rosling Foto Bernt Sønvisen Arbeiderpartiet Flickr

Hans Rosling knew never to flee from men wielding machetes. "The risk is higher if you run than if you face them," he says. So, in 1989, when an angry mob confronted him at the field laboratory.


Hans Rosling mannen som analyserade medier och politiker med äpplen och legobitar Utrikes

Hans Rosling has become an online star by using data visualisations to make serious points about health policy and development. population growth, education—over a 250-year period to really.


Hans Rosling by the end of the 1980's in his office at International... Download Scientific

Truth About Education Data - Hans Rosling - WISE 2013 Focus WISE Channel 34.2K subscribers Subscribe 11K views 9 years ago Data need to tell a story. In this Focus presentation, Hans.


Hans Rosling A truthteller in an age of 'alternative facts' Macleans.ca

Hans Rosling ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhɑːns ˈrûːslɪŋ]; 27 July 1948 - 7 February 2017) was a Swedish physician, academic and public speaker. He was a professor of international health at Karolinska Institute [4] and was the co-founder and chairman of the Gapminder Foundation, which developed the Trendalyzer software system.


Dr. Hans Rosling End of the 'Developing World'?

Hans Rosling was a young guest student in India when he first realized that Asia had all the capacities to reclaim its place as the world's dominant economic force. At TEDIndia, he graphs global economic growth since 1858 and predicts the exact date that India and China will outstrip the US. 09:47. Hans Rosling.


[TEASER] More Education, Less Child Mortality Hans Rosling WISE 2013 YouTube

Watch Hans Rosling answer huge fact-questions in less than 90 seconds. Massive Ignorance. Beware the shocking results from our Global Knowledge Surveys. Data. Download tables with stats gathered from hundreds of sources. Teach. Teachers. See how teachers use Gapminder in classrooms. Slideshows.


VIDEO 'Edutainer' Hans Rosling, Who Taught Us About The World, Has Died Goats and Soda NPR

The Hans Rosling Center for Population Health stands on the land of the Coast Salish peoples — land that touches the shared waters of all tribes and bands within the Suquamish, Tulalip and Muckleshoot nations.


Prof. Hans Rosling dies at the age of 68 European Skeptics

Hans Rosling, who passed away earlier this month, made numbers tell significant stories about the world. A self-proclaimed "edutainer" — educator and entertainer — Professor Rosling championed a worldview based on facts.


Hans Rosling, estatístico sueco, cientista que buscava tornar dados mais acessíveis relacionados

Hans Rosling, a Swedish professor of global health and well-known public educator, has died aged 68, his Gapminder foundation has announced. Mr Rosling was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer a.


Professor Hans Rosling död SVT Nyheter

Facebook LinkedIn Print I first came across Hans Rosling's work while I was trying to make mathematics students fall in love with statistics. His TED talks are inspirational since they present.


Remembering Hans Rosling and his most popular talks

By Hans Rosling Professor of Global Health, Karolinska Institutet Many people don't know about the enormous progress most countries have made in recent decades - or maybe the media hasn't told.


The man who makes data sing MPR News

BBC News Hans Rosling, the Swedish professor who made global health statistics compelling viewing, died from cancer in February. Co-founder of Gapminder.org, which continues his work, he was.