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Easy to state, hard to solve, mathematics problems Some easily stated mathematical problems are just too had for anyone currently to be able to solve. Some outstanding examples are: Goldbach’s conjecture: every even number is a sum of two prime numbers. the conjecture: when we start with a positive integer and repeatedly apply one of […]

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

Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: December 15, 2010

The video below shows a stunning example of Hans Rosling’s (@HansRosling) data visualizations using Gapminder software.