A meme, sure, but still way cool

Statistics come to life when Swedish academic superstar, Hans Rosling, graphically illustrates global development over the last 200 years in a brief (fewer than 5 minutes) video...



Gosh, I love Hans's use and combination of Cartesian coordinates with scatterplotting to offer almost, although not quite, the z-axis I often suggest. Still a gorgeous visual display. Enjoy!

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