{"id":323,"date":"2007-05-28T13:25:58","date_gmt":"2007-05-28T12:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biestmilch.com\/wordpress\/?p=323"},"modified":"2016-04-30T10:28:27","modified_gmt":"2016-04-30T09:28:27","slug":"the-world-painted-with-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biestmilch.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/28\/the-world-painted-with-data\/","title":{"rendered":"The world painted with data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hans Rosling shows the best stats you&#8217;ve ever seen. He presents otherwise boring statistics from the UN about child mortality, health and wealth etc. in an exciting, elucidating and funny way. One would never assume that data could be like this. An astounding visualization of data and on top of this a remarkable personality talking to us.<\/p>\n<p><object id=\"VE_Player\" width=\"320\" height=\"285\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"bgColor=FFFFFF&amp;file=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/movies\/HANSROSLING_high.flv&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;fullscreenURL=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/fullscreen.html&amp;forcePlay=false&amp;logo=&amp;allowFullscreen=true\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"scale\" value=\"noscale\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"window\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/loader.swf\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"bgColor=FFFFFF&amp;file=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/movies\/HANSROSLING_high.flv&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;fullscreenURL=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/fullscreen.html&amp;forcePlay=false&amp;logo=&amp;allowFullscreen=true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"pluginspage\" value=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" \/><embed id=\"VE_Player\" width=\"320\" height=\"285\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/loader.swf\" FlashVars=\"bgColor=FFFFFF&amp;file=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/movies\/HANSROSLING_high.flv&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;fullscreenURL=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/fullscreen.html&amp;forcePlay=false&amp;logo=&amp;allowFullscreen=true\" quality=\"high\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" scale=\"noscale\" wmode=\"window\" flashvars=\"bgColor=FFFFFF&amp;file=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/movies\/HANSROSLING_high.flv&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;fullscreenURL=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/fullscreen.html&amp;forcePlay=false&amp;logo=&amp;allowFullscreen=true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>As a doctor and researcher, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/index.php\/speakers\/view\/id\/90\">Hans Rosling<\/a> identified a new paralytic<br \/> disease induced by hunger in rural Africa. Now the global health<br \/> professor is looking at the bigger picture, increasing our<br \/> understanding of social and economic development with the remarkable<br \/> trend-revealing software he created.<\/p>\n<p>Rosling founded the nonprofit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gapminder.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gapminder<\/a> with his son and daughter-in-law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hans Rosling presents otherwise boring statistics about child mortality, health and wealth etc. in an exciting, elucidating and funny way. One would never assume that data could be like this. 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