Sigmas From Shoulder to Shoulder [Science Tattoos]
Joe writes, “My tattoo is 3 lines of equations, the top is the Born Oppenheimer Approximation, the second line is the equation in the form of a 3-Dimensional Schroedinger Equation, and the solution in the form of a Schroedinger Equation. As a biochemist and molecular biophysicist I studied a lot of this stuff and I must say, Schroedinger was my favorite and well, I had to do it. The ink was done at Red Sky Studios in Tucson, AZ by artist Lisa.”
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It’s an intriguing way of sneaking cheat notes into a proctored exam anyway. So long as nobody asks why he has to take off his shirt during bathroom breaks, he’s fine.
Physicists dream of the day when a Theory of Everything can be reduced to tattoo that will fit on one bicep.
That is a sweet tattoo.. it’s almost boring seeing people with tigers and dragons, and while those are also cool I like seeing these.. more.. unconventional tattoos more.
I have seen a “a to the mole power” before.
It would be funny if there was a mistake…
If the ToE ever 1) is written, 2) is proven, 3) is small enough to fit on a human’s Back
I’ll have my first back tattoo.
BJM, is that on a regular person’s bicep or a physicist’s bicep?
can you imagine this guy on the beach … every1 would be staring and talking about him … hehe …
awesome …
Sigma-ta?
Do humanity a favor and make sure you get mummified when you pass away. People 10,000 years from now may look at your back and marvel at what had been accomplished.
A simple barcode on the base of the neck would have been sufficent.
nice!
i like it
WHAT?? did he lose a bet or something…because thats stupid!
The problem of cheating with this is that you will be helping the student behind you lol
So what is the answer?
I think there is a sign error in the second equation, in the denominator of the second term.
Sry, but thats too Nerdy, even for a geek.
Not too sure what his gf is going to say about this
I too see a mistake, but it should be easy to correct…
Those look great..but man that’s a lot of skin estate.
Well I am glad some of you find it interesting or cool or whatever. Either way it usually gets people talking. I got it because I like the equations and it’s in my area of work. About any mistakes, there were none on the proof but its possible that something got miffed or whatever. Honestly I am not worried about it, and likewise haven’t bothered to stare at it long enough in the mirror!
I just thought of this, but should a mistake be there it could work in my favor. The first girl to find it is the girl I was meant to be with, assuming I want to be with any girl who could find a mistake in those equations, hah.
Is the font Computer Modern?
Obviously he’s a man without a brane. I sport a much cooler – and more comprehensive – full-body tattoo of string theory. Unfortunately to see the full thing you have to be able to see in 11 dimensions. All that shows up in our 4 dimensions is a tattoo of chinese symbols that my Chinese friend says questions my “orientation”. I can’t believe how lucky I was to find the tattoo guy that was an expert in string theory AND was willing to give me an 11-dimensional tattoo for only $20.
LOL, what a nerd. I can see Angelina Jolie with something like that! LOL
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“Obviously he’s a man without a brane.”
classic
He could have saved himself a lot of ink if he had used the Einstein convention. But then there would not be those cool zig zag thingies.
There’s a mistake in this equation…
nice tattoo, i luv it
There IS no sign in the second denominator of the 3 Dimensional Schrodinger Equation
I am a fellow biochemist and I totally understand the passion this guy has for Schroedinger (I call him “so danger”
). I once put down the derivation of complex current (i) as in my tag line for msn and people thought it was cool.
I still have to get something like that to get a tattoo!
Cheating at an exam? Really. Anyone that needs to remember the Schrödinger equation will remember it without cheating. That’s part of its spell
I see an error.
What a dummass.
If he had a modicum of taste, shouldn’t it have been the one very short equation that represents a fundamentatal building block of his fave theorem?
anyone who has ever had a tattoo knows this is fake.
please!
This man has never or will never be within 5 feet of a woman unless it’s his mom.
Frucken nerd!
Would’ve been scientifically more precise if the text read “virgin”
your one cool dude!
I love this…classic.
What a freak.
and here is mine :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vicnent/237587249/sizes/o/
(Tribute to Euler)
Does that equal nerd or geek?
There is a minus sign missing in the denominator of the second term of the second equation
…without a brane… wtf
Forgot to carry the 1 about halfway into that second line, dude
I’m afraid the solution should be delta cubed not delta squared…
Ok, it is different. But for a math phobic like me, this man would be a real turn off. I would have night mares about impossible mathematical equations all night long. =O
Tom_Mandory, it does look a bit too good to be true. In ten years, it won’t be readable anyway, just a blur. I am so glad I passed up equations for my science tattoos.
My friend has a nice belt sander that will take that right off!
You guys who keep calling this guy a virgin and saying no woman will every be within 5 feet of him are jealous of his higher intellect. I happen to be a woman and I find this tattoo incredibly sexy. Intelligent women like intelligent men! We will NEVER be with any man whose IQ is lower than ours. This guy is the shit!
Couldn’t you have just encompassed it all in a tattoo of “42″?
“Crap, I needed the cheat sheet on the front!”
Touche Fascist Nation, 42 would have been shorter to right then all that, but i think he should get the question to the answer 42
I agree with Angel H and Joe. If Joe’s SO can’t appreciate it, then they shouldn’t be there long. And if they can spot the error, that just proves that not only are they date-able, but a definite keeper.
@mauiz
@Mike
In theoretical physics, a membrane, brane, or p-brane is a spatially extended mathematical concept that appears in string theory and its relatives (M-theory and brane cosmology) that exists in a static number of dimensions. The variable p refers to the number of spatial dimensions of the brane. That is, a 0-brane is a zero-dimensional pointlike particle, a 1-brane is a string, a 2-brane is a “membrane”, etc. Every p-brane sweeps out a (p+1)-dimensional world volume as it propagates through spacetime.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brane
P.S. Go read The Fabric of the Cosmos or any of the books written by Brian Greene
Yea, I’m completely lost. But the point of a tat is to express YOURSELF, not look cool for other people (a point lost on most of my generation, sadly) – the more offbeat the better. This guy is awesome
Nice Joe, I got a form of the Schroedinger Equation as an arm band. I’m not native american, I haven’t been to jail, I’m not Irish etc. so all the ‘traditional’ arm bands were not meant for me. But as a Ph.D. Chemist I wanted to express my brand of dorkishness. I met the equation in school and always kept it on paper in a draw, I eventually had in inked in 2003 at the age of 33. I have a deliberate mistake, I did drop the bar in h/bar as it looked ugly to me, but didn’t add the Pi below as it crowded the letters.
Nice job.
P.S. Never met anyone who didn’t think it was cool.
I’m a physics major, as long as you don’t get too flabby or tan too much and turn your tattoo into something nasty and deformed looking, I don’t think it’s weird or unattractive or anything. I saw someone in the SPS Lounge here once with at least one of their arms completely covered in tattoos of physics equations.
this guy should post the LaTeX code for his new ink….
Nnnnnnnneeeeerrrrrrrrrd
!
that is so classy.
When the find this guy’s mummy some 5-thousand years hence, the laughter will be uproarious. Much the same as the Flat World Society today. Silly and sad.
that tat says ‘virgin’
Angel is absolutely correct. Those who believe women will be deterred by this type of tattoo have no idea what they’re talking about. I’m a female Mensa member, and let’s just say this tattoo will be more effective in its silence than a lifetime of pickup lines. I love tattoos, and this is the best I’ve seen. I’d say Joe has just ensured he’ll find exactly the kind of woman he wants.
This is much better than the people who think those nonsense words they had tattooed in Kanji or Hebrew letters are real words.
I have seen tattoos that were just nonsense syllables in Hebrew/Aramaic letters. I did not have the heart to tell the person she had gibberish on her neck.
I agree with Cargojack. I don’t know how many times I see people with Chinese or Japanese on themselves and have no idea what it actually means. There was this guy showing off his “Chinese birth symbol.” The character read as “Sheng” – which doesn’t represent the powerful Ox he was going for. It means “birth” or “birthday.” :S Oops.
I also love it when I see tattoo shops offering characters that are either upside-down or backwards haha. People don’t stand a chance if they’ve never studied the languages.
I’m proud the guy actually knew exactly what he was putting on his body.
GET A GIRL FRIEND YOU FREAK!!!!
A kindred spirit! These are mine: http://orardor.blogspot.com/2008/12/bloody-numbers.html
lame.
Excellent tattoo; partial credit: It would be an ‘outstanding’ check your math.
Second equation, third term, the denominator is cubed, not squared. Like it.
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DUDEEEEE!!!! U are crazy!!!!!
Hard Core mehn! If anyone is doubting your intellect just rip your shirt off and show em ( Make sure u aint got a flabby belly!!!)
Nice tattoo but way too geeky for me!
Man that is one uber geeky tattoo have fun explaining that to any chics you meet lol.
Hah, thats pretty cool, can’t say I would go for something like it, but cool never the less.
They are so funny ,but pretty cool…
Thank god someone said something about brane.. that was buggin me no one got it. Very very cool tat though. All the people who have something negative to say don’t know that there’s only one real person who needs to like the tattoo.. the person getting it. Everyone else can suck it.
The first line is a full molecular hamiltonian, no BO approximation there.
The 2nd line appears to be missing a subtraction sign after the third summation in the denominator