Factfulness
ten reasons we're wrong about the world - and why things are better than you think
$32.79
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
9 April 2018
Summary
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World & Why Things Are Better Than You Think
When you ask people simple questions about global trends, they systematically get the answers wrong. How many young women go to school? What’s the average life expectancy across the world? What will the global population be in 2050? Do the majority of people live in rich or poor countries?
In FACTFULNESS, Hans Rosling and his two lifelong collaborators, Ola Rosling and An…
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 |
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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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