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by Henrik Svensmark (Author), Nigel Calder (Author)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Icon Books Ltd; 2 edition (7 Feb 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1840468661
  • ISBN-13: 978-1840468663
  • Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.7 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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'The new totem of the climate-change sceptics' The Times'If you are concerned by the doomsday scenarios regarding runaway climate change, then this alternative view of why the climate is warming will be of great interest.' Good Book Guide

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Scientists agree that the earth has become hotter over the last century. But on the causes, despite what looks to the public mind like a consensus, there are dissenting voices. Based on Henrik Svensmark's research at the Danish National Space Center, this book outlines a brilliant and daring new theory that has already provoked fresh thinking on global warming. As prize-winning science writer Nigel Calder and Svensmark himself explain, an interplay of the sun and cosmic rays - sub-atomic particles from exploded stars - seem to have more effect on the climate than man-made carbon dioxide. For anyone interested in the real science behind our climate, this book is a must-read.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Made me think., 16 Feb 2008
I think that much of this book went over my head. However Svensmark and Calder did make a persuasive case for their theory, and perhaps other learned people should examine the idea too.
It was certainly discouraging to lean that others in the field were not receptive or indeed hostile to the idea when Svensmark proposed it. He was almost treated like some medieval heretic at times.

Are scientists who disagree with the orthodoxy that Global Climate change is solely caused by humans the heretics of the modern age, and have the AGW supporters in effect started a new religion? Reading this book might help to make your mind up.

Even if you disagree with Svensmark and Calder this book is well worth reading.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The open minded will enjoy this..., 11 Feb 2009
NOTE: There are two editions of this book, buy the later one (which should be this one) published in February 2008 (NOT the 2007 version), it has been updated with a large new chapter at the back which brings you upto date, and is important.

Svensmark's theory finally offers a highly attractive alternative to the traditional GHG forcing model. It's neat, tight, not at all messy, rather elegant infact. `The Chilling Stars' takes you behind the dry published research paper's in far more detail, and allows you to engage with the excitement and wonder as a new scientific theory takes shape.

I've been following the AGW debate for some time, firstly as a supporter of AGW and then slowly moving towards a more sceptical stance. This year (2008) I've spent a lot of time reading the various research papers to get behind the media hype of both sides. What stands out is the relatively messy theory behind the idea of AGW, it's certainly not proven, it's just the best theory science had to date to explain the forcing seen. The GCR/Climate link just kept popping up in my research, as did Svensmark's name. Despite the rubbishing of his work, his hypothesis on paper looks sound to me. It's clearly upset a lot of people, more so because of the politically sensitive subject that Co2 has become.

We will know if Svensmark is really on the right track when the CLOUD project at CERN start's producing data in 2011. Although the cercumstantial evidence is continuing to pile up in his favour.
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1.0 out of 5 stars A new theory or a mis-understood lie?, 3 Feb 2008
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Henrik Svensmark and Nigel Calder (ex. New Scientist editor) attempt to dispel years of work of climatologists by 'proving' a correlation between cosmic rays and global warming, effectively claiming the effects of Carbon Dioxide and Methane are negligible.

Although an interesting read which made me think a lot about climate change from a proposed 'new light', Chilling Stars, on further research from organisations such as the IPCC and RealClimate, turned out to be a disappointing hoax playing on the media frenzy of denying anthropogenically driven climate change and global warming. This book is wholly irresponsible, viewed by the world's leading climatologists as misleading the public by false information from a non-peer-reviewed publication.
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