Appropos of the cancellation of the long form census, could we arrange  
a private meeting between Professor Rosling and Prime Minister Harper?


elaine



On 22-Dec-10, at 1:06 PM, Joel Moskowitz wrote:

> 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes
>
> Statistics come to life when Swedish academic superstar Hans Rosling  
> graphically illustrates global development over the last 200 years.
>
> http://www.flixxy.com/200-countries-200-years-4-minutes.htm or
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo
>
> --
>
> The Joy of Stats
>
> BBC Four, December 2010
>
> "I kid you not, statistics is now the sexiest subject on the planet"  
> says Hans Rosling, presenter of The Joy of Stats.
>
> Documentary which takes viewers on a rollercoaster ride through the  
> wonderful world of statistics to explore the remarkable power thay  
> have to change our understanding of the world, presented by  
> superstar boffin Professor Hans Rosling, whose eye-opening, mind- 
> expanding and funny online lectures have made him an international  
> internet legend.
>
> Rosling is a man who revels in the glorious nerdiness of statistics,  
> and here he entertainingly explores their history, how they work  
> mathematically and how they can be used in today's computer age to  
> see the world as it really is, not just as we imagine it to be.
>
> Rosling's lectures use huge quantities of public data to reveal the  
> story of the world's past, present and future development. Now he  
> tells the story of the world in 200 countries over 200 years using  
> 120,000 numbers - in just four minutes.
>
> The film also explores cutting-edge examples of statistics in action  
> today. In San Francisco, a new app mashes up police department data  
> with the city's street map to show what crime is being reported  
> street by street, house by house, in near real-time. Every citizen  
> can use it and the hidden patterns of their city are starkly  
> revealed. Meanwhile, at Google HQ the machine translation project  
> tries to translate between 57 languages, using lots of statistics  
> and no linguists.
>
> Despite its light and witty touch, the film nonetheless has a  
> serious message - without statistics we are cast adrift on an ocean  
> of confusion, but armed with stats we can take control of our lives,  
> hold our rulers to account and see the world as it really is. What's  
> more, Hans concludes, we can now collect and analyse such huge  
> quantities of data and at such speeds that scientific method itself  
> seems to be changing.
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wgq0l
>
> ---
>
> The Joy of Stats: More video clips (including more examples from  
> public health)
>
> The Open University
>
> http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/whats-on/the-joy-stats
>
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