'' The Hockey Stick Illusion : Climategate and the Corruption of Science '' is a book written by Andrew Montford and published by Stacey International in 2010 . Montford , an accountant and science publisher who publishes a blog called ‘ Bishop Hill ’ provides his analysis of the history of the " hockey stick graph " of global temperatures for the last 1000 years and the controversy promoted by mining exploration company director Steve McIntyre about the research which produced the graph . The book describes the history of the graph from its inception to the beginning of the Climatic Research Unit email controversy ( " Climategate " )
Climatic Research Unit email controversy
Climatic Research Unit email controversy
The Hockey Stick Illusion