Category Archives: Book Review

San Jose State University Meteorology decides burning books they don’t agree with is better than reading them

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

From the Fahrenheit 451 department comes this indictment of California’s higher education’s “tolerance” for opposing views. When I first got the tip on this, I thought to myself “nobody can be this stupid to photograph themselves doing this” but, here … Continue reading →

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A WUWT reader asks for some help

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

WUWT reader Jim asks: I am the reluctant presenter of Field Notes from a Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert to our book group and I am a skeptic.  Any advice? I’ve not read the book, so I could not help him, … Continue reading →

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New ebook: The Manmade Global Warming Challenge

Posted on February 1, 2013 by

Guest post by Bob Tisdale INTRODUCTION Many bloggers are very active in the climate change debate around the globe. In advance of an expected intensification of that debate this year, I’ve written a new essay about the natural warming of … Continue reading →

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WUWT spawns a free to read climate sci-fi novel

Posted on December 15, 2012 by

People send me stuff. This time is a novel about climate change. – Anthony CAGW as self-organising narrative, referencing previous posts on fiction, and offering a free downloadable novelette By Andy West I’m a long-term WUWT reader, but extremely rare … Continue reading →

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Dogmatism in Science and Medicine: How Dominant Theories Monopolize

Posted on November 5, 2012 by

Guest post by Henry H. Bauer WUWT readers might find some interest in my new book, Dogmatism in Science and Medicine: How Dominant Theories Monopolize Research and Stifle the Search for Truth http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-6301-5 Here’s a synopsis:

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Review of Cato’s ADDENDUM: Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States

Posted on October 26, 2012 by

Earlier this week I pointed out how the atmosphere went beserkers over this report in Unable to effectively refute the contents, the alarmosphere resorts to calling a new report ‘counterfeit’. That’s still going on, for example in the Washington Post … Continue reading →

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A Review of ‘Thorium: energy cheaper than coal’ by Robert Hargraves

Posted on October 2, 2012 by

Guest post by David Archibald Robert Hargraves lives in Hanover, New Hampshire. Mr Hargraves believes that “Global warming is harming us all.” Using the temperature – solar cycle length relationship from Friis-Christensen and Lassen theory, for cycles 24 and 25, … Continue reading →

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Mike’s Amazon Trick

Posted on September 7, 2012 by

Over at Bishop Hill, there’s an eye opening story by Shub Niggurath about the orchestration of book reviews for Michael Mann’s Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars using John Cook’s “secret” forum for the climate “in” crowd. It is a … Continue reading →

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New easy to use reference book for El Niño and global warming

Posted on September 5, 2012 by

I think readers will appreciate the point by point style that this book is written in. It enables you to zero in on argument rebuttals with graphs and data. Highly recommended – Anthony Also see Roger Pielke Sr.’s Announcement and … Continue reading →

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Is global warming just another ‘End-of-the-World’ delusion?

Posted on July 18, 2012 by

UPDATE: less than 24 hours after posting this, we already have an end of the world prediction naming global warming, see below. New end of the world book treats climate change just like many other end of times worries that … Continue reading →

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ABR pulls Karoly’s review of Michael Mann’s book

Posted on July 11, 2012 by

Perhaps responding to some of the concerns published yesterday on WUWT about how Steve McIntyre was treated by David Karoly, or perhaps reacting to his reactionary stance at a recent wind farm event, the Australian Book Review has apparently pulled … Continue reading →

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HH Lamb–“Climate: Present, Past & Future–Vol 2”–In Review–Part I

Posted on June 24, 2012 by

Guest post by Paul Homewood (reposted from his blog Not a lot of people know that please visit and  bookmark) Part 1 of a three part series. Hubert Lamb was one of the leading climatologists of his time, indeed described … Continue reading →

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McIntyre’s rebuttal of Michael Mann’s pants-on-fire book

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

Steve McIntyre is back blogging and writes (links mine): I had also spent some time considering a response to Mann’s book. It amazes me that a reputable scientific community would take this sort of diatribe seriously. Mann’s world is populated … Continue reading →

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Scientist’s rebuttal of Michael Mann’s “denier”and other unsavory labels in his book

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

By Craig Loehle, Ph.D. Since I am mentioned in Mann’s book, The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines and not kindly, it seems necessary to set the record straight. I do not take credit for … Continue reading →

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No lessons learned from Climategate ? Fred Pearce and the New Scientist attack anti-nuclear book

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

Guest post by Martin Cohen When philosopher and long-standing climate sceptic Martin Cohen, and distinguished energy economist Andrew McKillop published a book on nuclear economics [2], they expected it to arouse the hackles of the nuclear establishment. But they had not … Continue reading →

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NRC’s 2011 ‘Climategate’

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

Guest post by Rud Istvan Excerpted from book in progress Arts of Truth Based on the forthcoming Gaia, Musings on Sustainability © 2012 Rud Istvan   There is a recent example of artful lack of disclosure in the climate change … Continue reading →

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Talking about the weather

Posted on March 17, 2012 by

Harold Ambler needs a bit of a boost,  his book Don’t sell your coat is the American equivalent of Ian Plimers book How to get expelled from school in Australia, but Harold hasn’t gotten 1/10th the publicity like the Mann … Continue reading →

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WSJ pans ‘climate warrior’ Michael Mann in book review.

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

All I can say is “ouch”! Mann of course will be sending his usual letter to the editor whining about unfair treatment. He’s really just misunderstood you see. Excerpts from the review by Anne Jolis: The book’s climax is a … Continue reading →

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Kos asks about Michael Mann – hero or zero?

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

I was surprised to see this essay and poll on the Daily Kos tonight. Don Mikulecky writes: Michael Mann is a Modern Hero and we need to acknowledge that! I have been both a scientist and a political activist for … Continue reading →

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Shollenberger’s Technical Review of Mann’s recent book

Posted on March 11, 2012 by

Readers may recall this posting A detailed review of Mann’s book: The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars as it relates to the Wegman report to Congress. This post today is a continuation of that review, with more in-depth technical … Continue reading →

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