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Two centuries of world history in less than 5 minutes

By Tom Paulson on 30 November 2010 4

Visualizing the world getting better, thanks to data master Hans Rosling of Gapminder:

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Tom Paulson is founder and lead journalist at Humanosphere. Prior to operating this online news site, he reported on science, medicine, health policy, aid and development for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Contact him at tom[at]humanosphere.org or follow him on Twitter @tompaulson.

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