Niles writes, “My tattoo is the Pioneer Plaque.” Note from Carl: Here is some background on the Pioneer space missions.
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Carl Zimmer writes about science regularly for the New York Times and magazines such as Discover, where he is a contributing editor and columnist.
He is the author of seven books, the most recent of which is The Tangled Bank: An Introduction To Evolution. His website is carlzimmer.com and his address is [ blog at carlzimmer dot com ].
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June 1st, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Nice! I have a design I based on that plaque as well, I just places the planets in a semi circle to fit on my arm better.
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I like the whole thing on the back. Very cool.