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

This BBC Four video feature's an exploration of doctor and researcher Hans Rosling's use of augmented reality animation to plot life expectancy against income for every country since 1810. Rosling's work shows how the world we live in is radically different from the world most of us imagine.

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