Montford 's '' The Hockey Stick Illusion : Climategate and the Corruption of Science '' was published in January 2010 by Stacey International . Montford examines the history of the " hockey stick graph " of global temperatures for the last 1000 years , and argues that more recent research has failed to validate the original studies which appeared in '' Nature '' . He discusses the peer review process and Stephen McIntyre 's efforts to obtain the data behind the graph . The last few chapters examine the Climatic Research Unit email controversy ( " Climategate " ) . The book has received a number of positive reviews , including those of Matt Ridley in '' Prospect '' and Christopher Booker in '' The Daily Telegraph '' . Alastair McIntosh , writing in the '' Scottish Review of Books '' , strongly criticised the book
Climatic Research Unit email controversy
Climatic Research Unit email controversy
Andrew Montford