Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes

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As a part of the visualization section of the python for data science course on EdX we watched this awesome video showing the health and wealth correlation of 200 countries over the last 200 years.

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo[/embed]

This is a fascinating look into the power of visualization, statistics, and data science. It is also a very interesting story that Rosling was able to convey in just 4 minutes.

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