Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats - BBC Four. Hans Rosling's Shortest Talk Ever. One does not require flashy Powerpoint slides or state exact statistical numbers to be able to convey an educational yet compelling presentation.
Nor should the presentation need to take that long. Hans Rosling, who is already known to use physical props during his presentations, ranging from IKEA storage boxes, over washing machines to a real sword, demonstrates again how physical objects can be used to focus human attention to important statistical trends. He also shows how stones can convincingly form bar graphs. The following 'talk', taking less than 50 seconds, 'happened' during a spontaneous interview after the TEDxSummit 2012 in Doha, Qatar and discusses the impact of global population growth. Hans Rosling. Hans Rosling (born 27 July 1948)[1] is a Swedish medical doctor, academic, statistician and public speaker.
He is Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institute[2] and co-founder and chairman of the Gapminder Foundation, which developed the Trendalyzer software system. Biography[edit] Rosling was born in Uppsala, Sweden. Gapminder. Gapminder.