Climate and weather patterns, and their changes over time, can be nearly impossible to predict. Yet thousands of political, social, and societal decisions have been made with the assumption that global climate change can be foretold. In this book, authors Essex and McKitrick dismantle the myth of global warming, and argue that the relationship between science and society needs immediate attention.
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"Essex and McKitrick cut through all the obfuscation and doublespeak that surrounds...scientific and economic issues of our time" -- Professor Timothy Patterson, Department of Earth Science, Carleton University.
"Essex and McKitrick offer a scientifically sound argument that is against the mainstream." -- Anastasios Tsonis, Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences Group, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
"Taken by Storm is required reading...Professors Essex and McKitrick present a powerful case." -- G. Cornelius Van Kooten, Professor of Economic and Canada Research Chair in Environmental Studies and Climate Change, Department of Economics, University of Victoria --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"Essex and McKitrick offer a scientifically sound argument that is against the mainstream." -- Anastasios Tsonis, Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences Group, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
"Taken by Storm is required reading...Professors Essex and McKitrick present a powerful case." -- G. Cornelius Van Kooten, Professor of Economic and Canada Research Chair in Environmental Studies and Climate Change, Department of Economics, University of Victoria --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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DR. CHRISTOPHER ESSEX is a professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Western Ontario, specializing in the underlying mathematics, physics, and computation of complex dynamical processes such as climate. He is a visiting professor at the Niels Bohr Institute’s Orsted Laboratory and previously served as an NSERC visiting fellow at the Canadian Climate Centre and Alexander von Humbolt Research Fellow.
DR. ROSS MCKITRICK is an associate professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Guelph and a senior fellow of the Fraser Institute in Vancouver, British Columbia. He specializes in the application of economic analysis to environmental policy design and climate change.
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This review is from: Taken By Storm: The Troubled Science, Policy and Politics of Global Warming (Paperback)
Prior to reading Taken by Storm I considered myself well-informed about the topic of global climate change.I was surprised at how much more this book was able to explain. Essex and McKitrick do an excellent job of outlining the basic science, underlying math and pervasive lack of true understanding that underpins the issue of gloabl warming.Their tone is non-judgemental, unequivocal and principled. They ask fundamental intellectual questions, explain concepts using accessible examples and highlight how good science has been lost. It is a must read for anyone seeking insights about climate change and the broader interplay of politics and science.
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This is the best-written, most entertaining, most important Science book I've read in over 40 years! The authors draw on statistical theory, chaos theory, computer modelling, masses of scientific data and a whole lot of common sense to completely devastate the whole idea of "global warming" and any attempts to observe it, predict it or influcence it. They also wade into the issue of why this "Chicken Little" idea has gained such a grip on our politicians (and our purse strings).Only problem: I suspect this would be a tough read for anyone who doesn't have a strong science, math and statistics background. Even though I do have such a background, I found myself deciphering the "dummed down" versions into the real theory in order to understand what they were talking about. It all rang true to me, but I'm not sure someone who didn't have access to the "real" math would be convinced.
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Mr. Essex and Mr. McKitrick have written a very impressive critique of the faulty science and pseudoscience behind the global warming theory. Particularly impressive is their explanation of the faulty modeling of the climate by the U.N. working committees. The book demonstrates how the collection of average temperatures is no way to model the climate whose relationships are nonlinear and are in constant disequilibrium. The authors demonstrate the uselessness of the U.N. climate models better than anyone else I have read. The authors to their great credit also expose many of the propaganda devices of the establishment and environmentalist proponents of controlling global warming. Way too many of the media, government and establishment information outlets are controlled by people who uncritically support the global warming hypothesis.Mr. Essex and Mr. Mckitrick might criticized a bit for their presentation. The authors discuss quite difficult concepts that might well be out of range for the average reader. Even a person like myself who has taken a number of college mathematics courses had to read slowly and carefully several of their chapters. I think the authors should have used gray boxes to carefully explain the more difficult concepts, as is done in some science textbooks. For less experienced readers the book by Michaels and Balling (The Satanic Gases) might be a clearer exposition. But the work is still stupendous.
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