“As a doctor and researcher, Hans Rosling identified a new paralytic disease induced by hunger in rural Africa. Now the global health professor is looking at the bigger picture, increasing our understanding of social and economic development with the remarkable trend-revealing software he created.” (TEB Web site)
Below is a recording of a talk he gave at TED 2007 entitled “New insights on poverty and life around the world”. This is one of the most enjoyable presentations I have watched in a long time and is a great demonstration of Dr Rosling’s (now Google’s) way cool statistical software.