Factfulness
Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think
$31.99
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
9 April 2018
Summary
This book is my last battle in my life-long mission to fight devastating ignorance, and my final attempt at making an impact on the world. It has been my daily inspiration and joy. In my previous battles I armed myself with huge data sets, beautiful software, an energetic lecturing style and a Swedish bayonet for sword swallowing. It wasn’t enough. But I hope that this book will be.
When you ask people simple questions about global trends, they systematically get the answers wrong. Ho…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473637467 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1473637465 |
| Author: | Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Sceptre |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 9 April 2018 |
| Weight: | 389g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 134mm x 32mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Three minutes with Hans Rosling will change your mind about the world - Nature
A true inspiration - Bill Gates“To have Hans Rosling as a teacher is one of the biggest honours in the world.” - Melinda GatesAbout The Author
Hans Rosling
Hans Rosling was a medical doctor, professor of international health and renowned public educator. He was an adviser to the World Health Organization and UNICEF, and co-founded Medecins sans Frontieres in Sweden and the Gapminder Foundation. His TED talks have been viewed more than 35 million times, and he was listed as one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world. Hans died in 2017, having devoted the last years of his life to writing this book.
Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Ronnlund Hans’s son and daughter-in-law, were co-founders of the Gapminder Foundation, and Ola its director from 2005 to 2007 and from 2010 to the present day. After Google acquired the bubble-chart tool called Trendalyzer, invented and designed by Anna and Ola, Ola became head of Google’s Public Data Team and Anna the team’s senior user experience (UX) designer. They have both received international awards for their work.
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