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Paul N. Edwards, A Vast Machine: Computer Models, Climate Data, and the Politics of Global Warming

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  1. See Vilhelm Bjerknes (1904).

  2. See Robert Marc Friedman (1989), Frederik Nebeker (1995), Spencer R. Weart (2003), Kristine C. Harper (2008). Also Andres Persson (2005).

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Gramelsberger, G. Paul N. Edwards, A Vast Machine: Computer Models, Climate Data, and the Politics of Global Warming . Minerva 50, 533–537 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11024-012-9216-4

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