Here’s some beautiful stuff, people.

This Galton board (or “bean machine” or “quincunx”) demonstration of the Central Limit Theorem is one of the most beautiful things in the world to me.

While the data and trends are fascinating themselves in this demonstration, it’s really Rosling’s enthusiasm about how freaking cool this stuff is that makes me love this video. Yes, I know I’ve posted this one before. Watch it again, it’s badass.

I apologize for how sparse my TWSB posts have been lately; school exploded last week and that’s basically all I’ve had time for. Expect a lot more calculus-related blogs, though, so if you’re into that…