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Reading Michael Mann, the Hockey Stick, and the Politics of Climate Narrative: An Academic Appraisal

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  Review Title : Reading Michael Mann, the Hockey Stick, and the Politics of Climate Narrative: An Academic Appraisal Star rating : ★★★☆☆   Publication and context  Title: The World’s Scientists on Michael Mann, His Hockey Stick, and Their Damage to Science, Volume I Author : Mark Steyn Edition : Stockade Books edition (2015) Publication date: 2015 Publisher: Stockade Books Page count:  320 ISBN : 978-0-9863983-4-6 Genre and target audience: A polemical, documentary-tinged polemic/essay collection aimed at readers interested in climate politics, science communication, and public discourse around the Mann “hockey stick” controversy. The book is pitched to a lay audience with appetite for policy, media critique, and science-society interface debates. Publication context: Emerges from early-2010s debates surrounding climate change, data transparency, and public trust in scientific institutions, framed through a polemical lens that questions the integrity of promine...