How I Learned to Understand the World
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Foreword by Agneta Rosling
Introduction
1 From Illiteracy to Academic Excellence
2 Discovering the World
3 To Nacala
4 From Medical Practice to Research
5 From Research to Teaching
6 From the Lecture Theater to Davos
7 Ebola
Afterword by Fanny Härgestam
Note
Appendix: On Cassava
Also by Hans Rosling
About the Authors
Copyright
First published in the United States by Flatiron Books, an imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group
HOW I LEARNED TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD. Copyright © 2017 by Rosling Education AB. English translation copyright © 2020 by Dr. Anna Paterson. All rights reserved. For information, address Flatiron Books, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
www.flatironbooks.com
Cover design and illustration by Ben Wiseman
The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request.
ISBN 978-1-250-26689-7 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-250-79485-7 (international, sold outside the U.S., subject to rights availability)
ISBN 978-1-250-26690-3 (ebook)
eISBN 9781250266903
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Originally published in Sweden in 2017 under the title Hur jag lärde mig förstå världen by Natur & Kultur
The cost of this translation was defrayed by a subsidy from the Swedish Arts Council, gratefully acknowledged.
First U.S. Edition: 2020
First International Edition: 2020