How I Learned To Understand The World by Hans Rosling

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How I Learned To Understand The World by Hans Rosling: Episode 2

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At university, Hans meets an inspirational figure who will change the course of his life.

Hans is the first in his family to go to university, where he meets a figure who will change his life. Read by Adrian Rawlins. Written by Hans Rosling with Fanny Härgestam.

Professor Hans Rosling was ‘the man in whose hands data sings’. He was dubbed ‘a true inspiration’ by Bill Gates and became a viral celebrity thanks to his popular TED talks, which broke down the statistics behind global health and economics. Passionately driven to dispel common myths about the so-called developing world, he used facts in a new way to share the surprisingly good news about global development.

In his memoir, completed just before he died, the data visionary looks back at the events that shaped his world view. From curiosity about his family history through to working as a doctor in Mozambique, he pinpoints the encounters that drove him to a life dedicated to fundamentally changing our view of the world.

As a young undergraduate, and the first in his family to go to university, Hans meets a figure who will change the course of his life.

Read by Adrian Rawlins
Written by Hans Rosling with Fanny Härgestam
Translated by Dr Anna Paterson
Abridged by Anna Magnusson
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

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