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If you want to buy a copy, you can <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211116121812/http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/p981">purchase one for $39.00 USD</a>. Feel free to visit our original live-written fully open draft website, which is available through <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211116121812/http://web.archive.org/web/20200618171130/http://www.themacroscope.org/?page_id=584">The Internet Archive</a> – and if you like what you see, you can always buy the book!</p> <p>On this site you will find <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211116121812/http://www.themacroscope.org\1.0\/category/code/">code</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211116121812/http://www.themacroscope.org\1.0\/category/essay/">essays</a> (things we liked from the draft that did not fit), and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211116121812/http://www.themacroscope.org\1.0\/data-downloads/">datafiles</a> that go with our book. The first draft’s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211116121812/http://www.themacroscope.org\1.0\/interactive-visualizations/">interactive visualizations can be found here</a>.</p> <p><span style="color: #ff0000;">•</span>Diversity is vital to digital history, and our readers should consider it <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211116121812/http://www.themacroscope.org\1.0\/diversity-in-digital-history/">an essential additional chapter</a>.</p> <p>Illustrations in the print book are in black-and-white. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211116121812/http://www.themacroscope.org\1.0\/figures/">If you want colour versions, you can find them all here</a>.</p> <p>If you want clickable footnotes (which you probably do!), <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211116121812/http://www.themacroscope.org\1.0\/links-in-the-book/">you can find all our references here</a>. They will be continually updated, so if you find a broken link let us know.</p> <p>If you’re curious who we are, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211116121812/http://www.themacroscope.org\1.0\/authors/">you can learn more about us here</a>. We had a book launch on November 17, 2015, at Carleton University – <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211116121812/https://soundcloud.com/shawn-graham-60451318/exploring-big-historical-data-the-historians-macroscope-book-launch-carleton-u-audio" target="_blank">listen to our discussion</a>.</p> <p>Please explore our website, and if you have questions, get in touch – shawn dot graham at carleton dot ca.</p> <p><em>A second edition is now underway!</em></p> <p><em> </em></p> </div> </article> <div id="comments" class="comments-area"> </div> </div> </main> <footer id="colophon" class="site-footer clearfix" role="contentinfo"> <div class="tr-container"> <div id="footer-sidebar-wrap" class="clearfix"> <div id="footer-sidebar-one" class="widget-area" role="complementary"> <aside id="search-2" class="widget widget_search"> <form role="search" method="get" id="searchform" class="searchform" action="/web/20211116121812/https://www.themacroscope.org/1.0/"> <input type="text" class="field" name="s" id="s" placeholder="Type to Search …"/> <input type="submit" class="submit" name="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search"/> </form></aside> </div> </div> <div id="site-info"> <ul class="credit"> <li>© Exploring Big Historical Data: The Historian's Macroscope 2021</li> <li>Proudly powered by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211116121812/http://wordpress.org/">WordPress.</a></li> <li>Exploring Big Historical Data: The Historian's Macroscope designed by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211116121812/http://www.themerobo.com/" alt="Premium WordPress Themes by ThemeRobo" title="Premium WordPress Themes by ThemeRobo" rel="designer">ThemeRobo</a>. 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