Hans Rosling.
Swedish medical doctor, academic, statistician and public speaker (1948–2017)
Ten instincts keep your world picture decades out of date
Ordinary people and Nobel laureates alike score worse than random chance on basic facts about global poverty and progress.
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About Hans Rosling
Hans Rosling was a Swedish physician, academic, and public speaker. He was a professor of international health at Karolinska Institute and was the co-founder and chairman of the Gapminder Foundation, which developed the Trendalyzer software system. Widely regarded as one of the most influential physicians and geographers in the modern world, he held presentations around the world, including several TED Talks in which he promoted the use of data to explore development issues. His posthumously published book Factfulness, coauthored with his daughter-in-law Anna Rosling Rönnlund and son Ola Rosling, became an international bestseller.
Everything about Hans Rosling →- Occupation
- physician, statistician, blogger, university teacher
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Born
- July 27, 1948
- Died
- February 7, 2017
- Website
- https://www.gapminder.org/