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By: » Visualizing the World – Wow! GIS News

» Visualizing the World – Wow! GIS News — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:44:12 +0000

[...] tool for viewing global statistics that might be useful for class. The visualizations in Hans Rosling’s presentation are pretty [...]

By: Some things of Interest | Media Production & Social Media

Some things of Interest | Media Production & Social Media — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:33:50 +0000

[...] UN publicly collected data came together in a project taken up by Google called Gapminder.org The video talk he gave is here and I have embedded it into this post [...]

By: Prof. Hans Rosling on swine flu hype « Communicating Health

Prof. Hans Rosling on swine flu hype « Communicating Health — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:53:52 +0000

[...] Professor Hans Rosling is without doubt one of the gods of visualing health data. His captivating 2006 TED talk and other videos have guaranteed him a cult following. Here is Prof. Rosling reminding us of media [...]

By: Hans Rosling: Global health expert and data visionary | OBRA MAESTRA

Hans Rosling: Global health expert and data visionary | OBRA MAESTRA — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:04:24 +0000

[...] this Video Debunking myths about the “third world” Posted November 14, 2008 You’ve never seen data presented like this. Hans Rosling’s [...]

By: Unveiling the Beauty of Statistics – SmartBean

Unveiling the Beauty of Statistics – SmartBean — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:58:24 +0000

[...] Debunking myths about the “third world” (TED talk 2006) [...]

By: Esteban Laso » Blog Archive » Psicopatología, liderazgo y confianza: cómo mejorar un país en crisis

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:11:07 +0000

[...] A diferencia de lo que se pensaba hasta hace poco, no es la democracia lo que genera riqueza sino la riqueza (equitativamente repartida) lo que genera democracia. Los autoritarismos sobreviven únicamente en la miseria y el terror; cuando la gente deja de vivir en el miedo también deja de apoyar a los líderes autoritarios. A su vez, la democracia de por sí no conduce a mejores niveles de vida (como lo demuestra la historia reciente de muchos países latinoamericanos); y los regímenes no democráticos pueden mejorar las condiciones de vida de sus ciudadanos a la larga (como lo demuestra Hans Rosling). [...]

By: Henley MBA e-newsletter for July and August « The Henley DL MBA Director’s Blog

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:10:28 +0000

[...] very engaging and the use of their visual aid technology seamless with their message. Take a look: http://www.gapminder.org/videos/ted-talks/hans-rosling-ted-2006-debunking-myths-about-the-third-worl…. It also has a link to the software he was using. [...]

By: The Sloan-C Emerging Technologies Symposium | Alex's reflecting pool

The Sloan-C Emerging Technologies Symposium | Alex's reflecting pool — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:04:33 +0000

[...] must check this out! visual display of incoome and life exectancy world wide from 1800 till today. TEDtalk Debunking myths about the “third world” using [...]

By: Hans Rosling at TED: Debunking Myths about the “Third World” « Econ171: Development Economics

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:53:32 +0000

[...] June 28, 2009 Hans Rosling of Gapminder.org gave a delightful talk at TED in 2006, titled “Debunking Myths about the Third World.” Here’s the 20 minute presentation that you may wish to watch first. The humor, energy [...]

By: Mike W’s Blog » Blog Archive » Visualizing the World - Wow!

Mike W’s Blog » Blog Archive » Visualizing the World - Wow! — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:37:19 +0000

[...] powerful tool for viewing global statistics that might be useful for class. The visualizations in Hans Rosling’s presentation below are pretty [...]