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“But more than 15 sections in Chapter 8 of the report-the key chapter setting out the scientific evidence for and against a human influence over the climate-were changed or deleted after the scientist charged with examining this question had accepted the supposedly final text.”

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Frederick Seitz

Frederick Seitz, born on July 4, 1911 and died on March 2, 2008, was a renowned American physicist. He served as the chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission and made significant contributions to the fields of quantum mechanics and solid-state physics. more

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