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Review: Another typically brilliant and funny book from Mark Steyn - I have read all of Mark Steyn's books, and in my opinion he's the best writer in the world today. This is a devastating takedown of Dr Michael Mann's infamous 'Hockey Stick Graph' which is probably the biggest single component in the case made by the IPCC and Al Gore amongst others that catastrophic AGW is real and happening. If you have any interest in the Global Warming debate then this book is an absolute must read. Mark has collected the thoughts of the world's most eminent climate experts and scientists (most of whom do believe in AGW, so don't be afraid to pick this book up if you think it's going to be biased) on the hard science behind this graph, so it's not a case of Mark framing the debate one way or another, but presenting clearly the whole picture. I work in a scientific field, and often use statistical models to process raw data, which use filters and gating to try and remove noise and weighting to privilege certain data sets based on their perceived reliability, before the model gets to process the data and then, only if the model is good, (or close to reality if you like) will it be able to solve, and the errors being flagged will not exceed what is deemed acceptable - for there are always errors. A model is a statistical tool to reduce noise in data. The key elements here is the quality of the model and the quality AND quantity of the data - of course the better all of these are then the smaller the errors will be (statistically) and you can get a clearer picture of what you are looking at, that corresponds to the reality of the observations.... BUT even then the model will only solve for where you have programmed it to take you (usually because that is what you thought corresponded closest to reality) The model is not real - only a facsimile of a reality that you have already decided upon - the proof of the pudding is in how well you can match reality. If reality does not apply, then you can make any model take you anywhere with any data. I think in Michael Mann's case, and indeed much of the models used by the IPCC they do not correspond to reality and that is their only fault, because any other parameter is of course subjective. (They give too much weighting to CO2 and its effect on the climate and also the amount of data AND its quality is not high in my personal opinion) Well - that's my two pence worth. The mind-blowingly brilliant scientists in this book (some of whom are doing brilliant work that staggers me, science CAN in fact be amazing) that Mark presents, IN THEIR OWN UNEDITED WORDS, are worth taking seriously. Let the science speak at last, because the IPCC and State sponsored organisations who have hijacked the debate for political and personal reasons have held centre stage too long. (Yes, yes, I realise that in the socialist world, actions are not correlated with consequences and anything is possible! Forward!) Thank you Mark Steyn, Prize Fighter for the Truth. Undefeated. I hope you will get your day in court and Dr Mann will stop wasting your time so you can get more books out. I can't wait for the next one.
Review: Penetrating Peer Review Presented for the Public - a climate clown gets his comeuppance. - This book makes an excellent contribution to what passes for the 'climate debate'. The Mann et al. hockey-stick was such a sloppy, loaded, junky piece of work that the authors should have long ago disowned it. Now junk science is usually dealt with in due course by critical reviews, but junk scientists are characterised by their ignoring of them. That too would not matter but for the fact that the IPCC in general, and Houghton in particular, made a really big promotional splash with this hockey-stick, realising quite rightly that it looked scary and would get the kind of headlines they wanted, and the kind of politicians they wanted. Page after page of condemnation will not right their wrongs, but it will get one part of the despicable saga of climate scaremongering very conveniently on the record. Buy this book to keep for your own bookshelf, and buy more copies too to keep handy for anyone you encounter who might not be aware of the descent of Mann.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 443,822 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 998 in Scientist Biographies 93,768 in Society, Politics & Philosophy |
| Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,095) |
| Dimensions  | 20.9 x 14.91 x 2.21 cm |
| Edition  | First Edition |
| ISBN-10  | 0986398330 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0986398339 |
| Item weight  | 499 g |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 320 pages |
| Publication date  | 1 Sept. 2015 |
| Publisher  | Stockade Books |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Another typically brilliant and funny book from Mark Steyn
*by R***O on 2 September 2015*

I have read all of Mark Steyn's books, and in my opinion he's the best writer in the world today. This is a devastating takedown of Dr Michael Mann's infamous 'Hockey Stick Graph' which is probably the biggest single component in the case made by the IPCC and Al Gore amongst others that catastrophic AGW is real and happening. If you have any interest in the Global Warming debate then this book is an absolute must read. Mark has collected the thoughts of the world's most eminent climate experts and scientists (most of whom do believe in AGW, so don't be afraid to pick this book up if you think it's going to be biased) on the hard science behind this graph, so it's not a case of Mark framing the debate one way or another, but presenting clearly the whole picture. I work in a scientific field, and often use statistical models to process raw data, which use filters and gating to try and remove noise and weighting to privilege certain data sets based on their perceived reliability, before the model gets to process the data and then, only if the model is good, (or close to reality if you like) will it be able to solve, and the errors being flagged will not exceed what is deemed acceptable - for there are always errors. A model is a statistical tool to reduce noise in data. The key elements here is the quality of the model and the quality AND quantity of the data - of course the better all of these are then the smaller the errors will be (statistically) and you can get a clearer picture of what you are looking at, that corresponds to the reality of the observations.... BUT even then the model will only solve for where you have programmed it to take you (usually because that is what you thought corresponded closest to reality) The model is not real - only a facsimile of a reality that you have already decided upon - the proof of the pudding is in how well you can match reality. If reality does not apply, then you can make any model take you anywhere with any data. I think in Michael Mann's case, and indeed much of the models used by the IPCC they do not correspond to reality and that is their only fault, because any other parameter is of course subjective. (They give too much weighting to CO2 and its effect on the climate and also the amount of data AND its quality is not high in my personal opinion) Well - that's my two pence worth. The mind-blowingly brilliant scientists in this book (some of whom are doing brilliant work that staggers me, science CAN in fact be amazing) that Mark presents, IN THEIR OWN UNEDITED WORDS, are worth taking seriously. Let the science speak at last, because the IPCC and State sponsored organisations who have hijacked the debate for political and personal reasons have held centre stage too long. (Yes, yes, I realise that in the socialist world, actions are not correlated with consequences and anything is possible! Forward!) Thank you Mark Steyn, Prize Fighter for the Truth. Undefeated. I hope you will get your day in court and Dr Mann will stop wasting your time so you can get more books out. I can't wait for the next one.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Penetrating Peer Review Presented for the Public - a climate clown gets his comeuppance.
*by O***R on 23 November 2015*

This book makes an excellent contribution to what passes for the 'climate debate'. The Mann et al. hockey-stick was such a sloppy, loaded, junky piece of work that the authors should have long ago disowned it. Now junk science is usually dealt with in due course by critical reviews, but junk scientists are characterised by their ignoring of them. That too would not matter but for the fact that the IPCC in general, and Houghton in particular, made a really big promotional splash with this hockey-stick, realising quite rightly that it looked scary and would get the kind of headlines they wanted, and the kind of politicians they wanted. Page after page of condemnation will not right their wrongs, but it will get one part of the despicable saga of climate scaremongering very conveniently on the record. Buy this book to keep for your own bookshelf, and buy more copies too to keep handy for anyone you encounter who might not be aware of the descent of Mann.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brigade level assault
*by M***Y on 23 November 2015*

Mark Steyn's unique and mordant humo(u)r is deployed here just enough to weave together the eviscerating pronouncements of scientists whose relevant credentials are unassailable. He wisely uses this light touch to avoid diminishing the scientists' points, and to group their collective skirmishes against the colossal knob Mann into a brigade level assault. He's at his best when exposing the the fraud of s***ty historical temperature proxies pre 1960s, and when highlighting that Mann's "science" fails the only two tests that all real science must pass; viz, no ex-post predictive ability of any climate model, and no reproducible experiment that consistently disproves alternative hypotheses. Science can be both interesting and useful. Climate hysteria is about faith and politics, both of which can also be both interesting and useful: but they have no more relation to "science" than they have to Baroque counterpoint. The unraveling will be a whimper, not a bang. This book increases the volume of that whimper, and is therefore very welcome and lovely.

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