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Hans Rosling receives Knowledge Prize |
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Thursday, 13 September 2007 |
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Hans Rosling recives the price from the Swedish Crown Princess.
Photo: Markus Marcetic/Nationalencyklopedin
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Kunskapspriset (The Knowledge Prize) a yearly reward from The Swedish
National Encyclopedia (NE) has been given to Hans Rosling, Founder and
director of Gapminder. The decision was announced at a ceremony last
evening in Stockholm, where Hans Rosling was awarded the price in
strong competition. The jury had the following motivation:
"[Hans Rosling] in his role as Professor in Global Health at Karolinska
Institute, in an extremely engaged, pedagogic and inspiring way,
spreads knowledge about the status of Global Health. In his many
performances and not least by the uniquely pedagogic creation
Gapminder, he demonstrates how statistics can be refined into knowledge
and understanding. "
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