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 > > To leave, manage or join list: https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sdoh&A=1 > Earth provides enough to satisfy every one's need, but not every one's greed. - Mahatma Gandhi 1869-1948 To leave, manage or join list: https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sdoh&A=1