Saddened to hear today that the great data visionary and educator, Hans Rosling, has died, aged 68.
For those of you not familiar with Hans Rosling, Hans was a leader in the data space and was well known and highly regarded for his animated and incredibly interesting presentations using data and animation.
He helped develop some very clever data visualisation software (Gapminder Foundation) and used this to wow his audiences with data and statistics.
One of several fascinating presentations can be seen here:
A data visualisation pioneer.
RIP Hans Rosling.
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