dr dr michael mann dr mann is a physicist climatologist and professor is currently a member of the faculty at penn state university is the director of penn state's earth science. system science center so dr mann received his undergraduate degree in physics and applied mathematics from u.c. berkeley and both a master's in physics and a ph d. in geology and geophysics from yale university has received a number of honors and awards including selection by scientific american as one of the fifty leading visionaries in science and technology in two thousand and seven dr mann was a joint recipient of the nobel peace prize is the author of over one hundred fifty peer reviewed publications as well as two books including his latest the hockey stick and the climate wars. dispatches from the front lines command welcome thanks times a pleasure to be here with you thanks for joining us and for writing this brilliant book. before we get into all the science about all of this i'm just curious about you what got you into climate science to begin with with a long and circuitous route really to climate science say you know when i was a young child i was you know i just loved science i loved you know talkin