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The man behind the hockey stick graph

By Michael Marshall

29 February 2012

See more: An illustrated version of this article will be published within the next two weeks on our CultureLab books and arts blog

The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars tells the story of climatologist Michael Mann, whose research was attacked and emails hacked

FEW scientists have had as hard a time as Michael Mann. In the last 15 years, the climatologist has been accused of incompetence and dishonesty, subjected to Congressional inquiries and had his emails hacked and released online for all the world to see.

“Mann has been accused of incompetence and dishonesty and had his emails hacked”…

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