HANS ROSLING

BIRTH AND DEATH

Birth: 7/27/1948     Death: 2/7/2017

OCCUPATION

scientist

BIOGRAPHY SUMMARY

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.

NOTABLE WORK

Factfulness

WHY THEY MATTER

Hans Rosling was intellectually unique for his pioneering work in promoting the use of data visualization to explore global development issues. Through his presentations and the development of the Trendalyzer software system, he demonstrated the power of using data to challenge misconceptions and promote fact-based understanding. His book Factfulness continued this legacy by providing a framework for critical thinking based on data and evidence.

FAMOUS QUOTE

It this terrible simplification that there is one Africa, and things go on in one way in Africa. We have to stop that, it is not respectful, and it's not very clever to think that way. I had the fortune to live and work for a time in the United States. I found out that Salt Lake City and San Francisco were different. And so it is in Africa, it's a lot of difference. What do we think it would be concurrency? And what is concurrency? In Sweden, we have no concurrency. We have serial monogamy. Vodka New Year's Eve, new partner for the spring, vodka Midsummer Eve, new partner for the fall, vodka, and it goes on like this, you know, and you collect a big number of ex's, and we've got a terrible chlamydia epidemic.

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