Feb 09, 2017 how swedish statistician hans rosling changed the way we look at health. Hans rosling is probably the only academic who ends his powerpoint presentation by swallowing a sword. Hans rosling professor of global health, karolinska institute, sweden about 10 years ago, i took on the task to teach global development to swedish undergraduate students. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. He held presentations around the world, including several ted. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru hans rosling debunks myths about the socalled developing world. Hans rosling explains population growth and climate change statistics environment, hans rosling because every day is a good day to listen to hans rosling talk. Statistieken goeroe hans rosling ontkracht mythen over zogenaamde ontwikkelingslanden met. Nov 10, 2010 the joy of stats hans rosling mark friedman november 10, 2010 data visualization, general leave a comment you must watch this. Three minutes with hans rosling will change your mind. How to build animated charts like hans rosling doing it all. The best stats youve ever seen counts more than 12 million views.
The joy of stats will take you on a fascinating journey into the world of statistics and the remarkable power they have to change our understanding of the world we live in swedish academic superstar hans rosling uses the power of statistics to change our understanding of global development over the last 300 years, and hell be your guide through the joy of stats. Global trends in health and economics come to vivid. Hans roslings 200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes the. Rosling s presentations were grounded in solid statistics often drawn from united nations and world bank data, illustrated by the visualization software he developed. Hans roslings 200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes the joy of stats bbc four. About 10 years ago, i took on the task to teach global development to swedish undergraduate students. An affectionate sendoff for popular beloved globalhealth statistician hans rosling. The world received some sad news this month with the passing of the wonderful statistician and data visualizer, hans rosling. Charisma and upbeat messages about global trends made the late hans rosling. Ronnlund shows how dollar street lets you see what life really looks like behind the income statistics. Ted talks star hans rosling taught us to edutain our audiences. Hans rosling, the swedish professor who made global health statistics compelling viewing, died from cancer in february. Imagine everyone living on one long street sorted by income. In his honour our video of the month is his famous first ted talk the best stats youve ever seen.
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How to build animated charts like hans rosling doing it all in r. Without statistics we are cast adrift on an ocean of confusion, but armed with stats. After that, he uses trendalyzer to illustrates the statistics of fertility and mortality. Dec 14, 2016 three minutes with hans rosling will change your mind about the world he has influenced leaders from melinda gates to fidel castro. Global trends in health and economics come to vivid life. Nov 07, 20 what rosling does, in a nutshell, is animate graphs. If you want to program your own presentation using other data than the health and development.
Hans rosling is a swedish medical doctor, statistician and global health expert. In a ted talk titled the best stats youve ever seen he gave in 2006, hans rosling showed the audience how we can use statistics to debunk misconceptions about the world. Now, he is on a mission to save people from their preconceived. In a ted talk titled the best stats youve ever seen he gave in 2006, hans rosling showed the audience how we can use statistics to debunk misconceptions about the. Hans is a professor of international health in stockholm, sweden.
Trendalyzer is an information visualization software for animation of statistics that was initially developed by hans roslings gapminder foundation in sweden. Apr 03, 2018 millions of people have tuned in for swedish physician and statistician hans roslings ted talks over the years, and the videos caught the attention of at least one famous fan. Ten reasons were wrong about the worldand why things are better than you think hardcover april 3, 2018. If you believe as we do that visual software brings data insight and analysis to life, youll definitely envy the magic used by hans rosling in his video presentation, the joy of stats. Hans rosling explains population growth and climate change because every day is a good day to listen to hans rosling talk. What presentation software does hans rosling use in his. How swedish statistician hans rosling changed the way we look.
Three minutes with hans rosling will change your mind about the world he has influenced leaders from melinda gates to fidel castro. The best it and service management tools are the ones that work right out the box and naturally fit into your workflow. Its only 20 minutes long and if you havent seen it yet, you really should. The trendalyzer software developed by hans rosling has become an important tool in slowly changing the perception of the developing world from an emotional and. Hans rosling oneminute ted talk screw the sword swallowing. Bill gates calls factfulness one of the most important books. He was the professor of international health at karolinska institute and was the cofounder and chairman of the gapminder foundation, which developed the trendalyzer software system. What presentation software does hans rosling use in his ted talks. And the big picture of global development with some surprisingly good news snaps into sharp focus. Why the world isnt nearly as bad as you think it is. With the help of his son and daughterinlaw, dr rosling then developed trendalyzer software now called gapminder to animate the bubbles. Rosling is a passionate advocate for liberating publiclyfunded data on the internet.
That was after having spent about 20 years together with african institutions studying hunger in africa, so i was sort of expected to know a little about the world. From these graphs, hans rosling was able to visualize important world demographic trends. Hans rosling was born in uppsala, sweden, on 27 july 1948. They taught themselves to design software to convert the statistics. Sep 23, 2019 one of hans roslings most influential data graphs, entitled 200 years that changed the world was shot into fame by bbcs program joy of stats, which cleverly animated this data graph seemingly in real space this made great television. Select one topic area for which countryspecific data might be compared e. His father, who worked in a coffee factory, would talk to his son about the hard life of africans who picked the coffee beans. He spent his entire life promoting the use of data with animated charts to explore development issues and to. How to build animated charts like hans rosling doing it. One dot showing, for example, life expectancy in britain, is quite unremarkable, but apply roslings software, and, at the click of a mouse. About the speaker hans rosling global health expert. The best stats youve ever seen trendalyzer microsoft powerpoint. Three minutes with hans rosling will change your mind about.
Je hebt data nog nooit op deze manier gepresenteerd gezien. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru hans rosling uses an amazing new presentation tool. He spent two decades studying outbreaks of disease in remote rural areas across africa. Hans rosling let my dataset change your mindset talking at the us state department this summer, hans rosling uses his fascinating databubble software to burst myths about the developing world. Jan 16, 2007 enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. Hans rosling swedish physician and statistician who collected statistics and used computer software, props, and his own showmanship to. He does this while wearing a musclet bedazzled with. Hans roslings 200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes bbc. Countries on a lower income level have lower data quality in general, as less resources are available for compiling statistics. The joy of stats, a onehour documentary, hosted by none other than the charismatic hans rosling, explores the growing importance of statistics. The best hans rosling talks youve ever seen ted talks. This software tool creates animated graphs from any type of data, helping researchers generate hypotheses about trends based on large data. Apr 05, 2018 hans rosling, the swedish professor of international health who died last year.
The joy of stats hans rosling mark friedman november 10, 2010 data visualization, general leave a comment you must watch this. Professor hans rosling voiceover ive spent my life working with stats, but im still amazed by many of the practical applications of statistics. Its main attribute was converting statistics into interactive graphs. Jul 09, 2007 in a followup to his nowlegendary ted2006 presentation, hans rosling demonstrates how developing countries are pulling themselves out of poverty. Mar 22, 2017 hans rosling was a swedish physician, academic, statistician, and public speaker. Hans rosling s 200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes the joy of stats. Sep 04, 2018 a small clip from the joy of stats documentary. Start studying 001 hans rosling the best stats youve ever seen data. He was the professor of international health at karolinska institute and was the cofounder and chairman of the gapminder foundation, which developed the trendalyzer software. This talk was presented at an official ted conference, and was featured by our editors on the home page. He does this while wearing a musclet bedazzled with lightning. Ted talks star hans rosling taught us to edutain our. Read more gapminder world 2012 pdf august 31, 2012.
Hans rosling, the swedish statistician, global health advocate, and edutainer, passed away this week in uppsala, according to his foundation, gapminder. Members of the ted community saturated the news in the past two weeks. What hans rosling can teach you about data visualization. In the above video, hans rosling takes us through 200 years of global development. Hans roslings contribution to data visualization was huge. He spent his entire life promoting the use of data with animated charts to explore development issues and to share a factbased view of the world. Gapminder has adjusted the picture for many such differences, but still we recommend you take these numbers with a large grain of salt. Sep 02, 2014 hans rosling professor of global health, karolinska institute, sweden. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
Hans rosling s famous lectures combine enormous quantities of public data with a sports commentators style to reveal the story of the worlds past, present and future development. Look for new analysis on china and the postbailout world, mixed with classic data shows. Hans rosling presents ideas on tackling global challenges such as disease and poverty, at the london school of economics, 2012. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru hans rosling debunks myths about the socalled. July 23, 20 by jennifer dutcher public health professor hans rosling has made it his mission to narrow the gap between the western worlds perception of the third world and reality. He shows us the next generation of his trendalyzer software which analyzes and displays data in amazingly accessible ways, allowing people to see patterns previously hidden behind mountains of.
His first and most popular video the best stats youve ever seen has been viewed more than 11 million. Hans taught global development to swedish undergraduates, finding they had preconceived ideas about statistics. The man had a brilliant way of bringing dry statistics down to our level and helping us see the meaning behind them. Rosling, together with his son and daughterinlaw, cofounded the gapminder foundation to develop trendalyzer, a software to convert international statistics into moving.
In tribute to his work, i will exactly reproduce this data graph using stata. The best stats youve ever seen hans rosling youtube. It is almost impossible to capture the energy, passion, knowledge and humor of hans rosling. Oct 09, 2010 what presentation software does hans rosling use in his ted talks. He was the professor of international health at karolinska institute. Without statistics we are cast adrift on an ocean of confusion, but armed with stats we can take control of our lives, hold our rulers to account and see the world as it really is. If you believe as we do that visual software brings data insight and analysis to life, youll definitely envy the magic used by hans rosling in his. Dollar street is the brainchild of anna rosling where she uses photos as data to make everyday life on different income all read more all videos. Speaker hans rosling is a medical doctor and statistician. The world is going to miss hans rosling, the preternaturally entertaining swedish statistician who died in february 2017. Posted in downloads tagged animation, english, featured, flash, global trends, hans rosling, human development. He is cofounder and chairman of the gapminder foundation, which developed the trendalyzer software system.
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