The Giant’s Shoulders #13 is up at Skulls in the Stars and a bumper crop of excellent articles on the history of science it is too. Above all gg has done a wonderful job of presenting this, the first anniversary edition of the carnival. Go take a look and he will take you on a conducted tour of the 1893 World Fair in Chicago.
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