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Hur jag lärde mig förstå världen by Hans Rosling, Fanny Härgestam

ruubarbcrumble's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Hans Rosling is a special man. He's done so much for the world he was master of, he deserved more time to finish this book than he got. And you feel this lack of time while reading. Some of the darkest stories are fleshed out in full gruesome detail, while other, more mundane are left lacking. 

You want to know more about rosling, a brilliant man, about his life, his thinking, his way of seeing the world. You get that here. Yet the afterword is what hit me most. His wife Agnes talking about their life, Hans' quirks and anecdotes about their 50 years together are moving and a special read.

martinlibrarian's review

4.0

Sagolikt bra biografi som sprudlar av samma glöd, nyfikenhet och engagemang Rosling hade i livet.

deschatjes's review against another edition

4.0

It’s not often that a memoir is truly interesting from start to finish but Hans Rosling nailed it.
A great man with a great story to tell.

Thanks to Libro.fm for the arc.

_nijinska's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

3.75

blotchedtabby's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Jag tyckte den var väldigt intressant!

ali_winden11's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring reflective

5.0

isipet's review

5.0

Jag älskar den här boken. Hur omtänksam och cool kan en människa vara? Svar: som Hans Rosling. Jag har lärt mig så mycket bara genom att läsa dessa 332 sidorna, om Hans liv och om hur världen utvecklats.
Jag hoppas att fler läser denna bok och lär sig lika mycket som jag!

abi_0724's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

domicspinnwand's review against another edition

5.0

Schon "Factfulness" hat mir ja sehr gefallen, also habe mich gespannt in die Lebensgeschichte von Hans Rosling vertieft - sehr interessant! Einige Anekdoten kommen bereits in Factfulness vor, aber hier wird im Detail erzählt, wie Rosling nach Afrika kam, was genau er da gemacht hat und welche anderen Stationen er in seinem Leben als Forscher noch besucht hat - Kuba, Liberia... Das Buch hat mich dazu gebracht, verstärkt über das nach-koloniale Afrika zu googeln - ein Kontinent, über den ich so gut wie nix weiß. Das möchte ich nach diesem Buch definitiv ändern und empfehle jedem, es zu lesen - vielleicht erst Factfulness, dann dieses hier.

jess_mango's review against another edition

4.0

Hans Rosling was a Swedish doctor who has become world renowned through TED Talks and his book [b:Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think|34890015|Factfulness Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think|Hans Rosling|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1544963815l/34890015._SY75_.jpg|56144100] among other things. In this memoir, he tells of his childhood growing up in Sweden and how each generation of his family became more educated and better off financially. He then tells of his marriage and parenthood and their decision to move to Mozambique to work in an area that was deficient in medical care. Through this work, he develops a passion for advocating for healthcare for less well-off nations. This book is less about the data than it is about what people and events in his life influenced him and how he brought awareness of healthcare parity to the world stage.

I listened to this on audiobook and the narrator did an excellent job expressing the intended mood. It was a nice book to listen to today, as we wrap up 2020, about a man who spent time trying to make the world better for those who don't have the means.

thank you to the publisher for the audiobook in exchange for an honest review!