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Athena Unbound • An excerpt from Athena Unbound by Peter Baldwin: a clear-eyed examination of the open access (OA) movement—past history, current conflicts, and future possibilities.
Contributors
The Price of Crypto
Ideal Detachments
The Creation of Nigeria
THE NAMELESS TREE
‘Autopsies of Many Kinds’
Talking to the Sun in Washington Square
Surviving by Accident
Unwanted Thoughts
Journey to the North
‘The Real World Is Not Here’
The Two Constitutions
The Second Warthogs
A Life of Sheer Will
Getting Sacagawea Right
Letters