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For those who've not seen it before, Prof. Rosling's (now somewhat famous) TED talk is available here: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html All the best, --dave On Mon, June 1, 2009 17:03, Allan Reese (Cefas) wrote: > I mangled the link to the BBC website > http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8070000/8070108.stm > > but Tobias Ryden has kindly provided some background information on > Professor Rosling > > According to the Swedish Wikipedia page > http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Rosling > he is a physician, with a PhD in internal medicine, and professor of > international health. In fact I now see that the English Wikipedia page > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Rosling > says that he studied statistics in the 60's, but still I think it is not > correct to call him a statistician. A physician with unusually good > knowledge of statistics is probably a fair description. > > Best wishes, > Tobias Rydén > > > > *********************************************************************************** > This email and any attachments are intended for the named recipient only. > Its unauthorised use, distribution, disclosure, storage or copying is not > permitted. If you have received it in error, please destroy all copies > and notify the sender. In messages of a non-business nature, the views > and opinions expressed are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect > those of the organisation from which it is sent. All emails may be > subject to monitoring. > *********************************************************************************** > -- David Lawrence Miller http://ninepointeightone.net