Vincent, “a fledgling mathematician,” writes:
This tattoo is of a microscope. 90% of the time when I show it to people they say ‘Oh! a telescope!’ I generally don’t correct them, I just get a little uncomfortable and put my shirt back on. Most of the images are copies of SEMs, the background figures include, a fish parasite, anthrax, a scoop of iced cream that has fallen off the cone, flea eggs, bone marrow, and a virus attacking a sun dried tomato! yum!
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 six books, the most recent of which is Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life. His website is carlzimmer.com and his address is [ blog at carlzimmer dot com ].
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July 3rd, 2008 at 5:06 am
It is the most colorful tattoo that I have ever seen. How come anybody can call it a telescope?
come out to a more educated world Vincent, where atleast 10 pecent will identify it wrong
July 3rd, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Extraordinarily beautiful tattoo. Awesome!
I posted the image, with link and write-up, to the Tower of Babel blog:
http://en.towerofbabel.com/blog/2008/07/03/science-tattoo-emporium/
Thanks for publishing the Science Tattoo Emporium, I enjoy it immensely.
Regards,
Karl Jones
July 3rd, 2008 at 2:07 pm
I am so happy to see that phage!
For many years I thought about getting a T4 but never came up with a design I liked. I’m glad to see the virions getting their proper due elsewhere.
July 10th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
holy crap! that is dedication.