Philosophy
If you've seen Hans Rosling's TEDTalk presentation before, I think you'd agree with me that if his training weren't in health and demographics, his alternate career would have been as a sports announcer.
I don't know what he knows about sports, but the man knows how to make things entertaining and dramatic. And when he joins forces with the folks at the BBC to animate statistical data, great and beautiful things are bound to happen, as the following clip demonstrates.
I wonder if Rosling subscribes to The Onion's Demography Today Magazine :)
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- Hans Rosling - Religion And Babies
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If there were a prize for the geekiest and most adorable intellectuals out there, Hans Rosling would surely be in the lead. He's the kind of guy from whom you want to learn and whose cheeks you want to pinch :) It is no surprise, therefore, that the...
- The History Of The Two-party Vote
If you happen to enjoy demographic data being animated, like when Hans Rosling does it (here or here), or when a map shows you the march of democracy across human history, or even when a map shows you what Presidents were in office during different wars,...
Philosophy
200 countries, 200 years, all in 4 minutes
If you've seen Hans Rosling's TEDTalk presentation before, I think you'd agree with me that if his training weren't in health and demographics, his alternate career would have been as a sports announcer.I don't know what he knows about sports, but the man knows how to make things entertaining and dramatic. And when he joins forces with the folks at the BBC to animate statistical data, great and beautiful things are bound to happen, as the following clip demonstrates.
I wonder if Rosling subscribes to The Onion's Demography Today Magazine :)
.
- Should Computers Be Allowed On The Sidelines?
Laptops and iPads are now used extensively in sports. From scouting to playbooks, like everything else it is all going electronic. If allowed during games, coaches and players could analyze opponents' tendencies and pick up on weaknesses with statistical...
- What's The Difference?: Athletics, Sports, And Games
What is the difference between games, sports, and athletics? While surely not all games are sports, can we say that all sports are games? Not all athletic activities sports, but are all sports athletic activities? What about competitive ballroom dancing?...
- Hans Rosling - Religion And Babies
When Hans Rosling speaks, I listen. The nice thing about him is that he much prefers to base his beliefs and opinions on data and evidence than on ideology. So, when I saw the title of this talk about the relationship between religion and babies, I was...
- Hans Rosling - The Joy Of Stats
If there were a prize for the geekiest and most adorable intellectuals out there, Hans Rosling would surely be in the lead. He's the kind of guy from whom you want to learn and whose cheeks you want to pinch :) It is no surprise, therefore, that the...
- The History Of The Two-party Vote
If you happen to enjoy demographic data being animated, like when Hans Rosling does it (here or here), or when a map shows you the march of democracy across human history, or even when a map shows you what Presidents were in office during different wars,...