Cheri writes, “I am a huge fan of yours. I also want to share my new science tattoo, which I got because I am a biotechnologist and wanted to show my love of science….The blue atomic symbol is for science; the black biotech is for, well, biotech; and the flower is my home state’s flower, the Alaskan forget-me-not which also symbolizes life.”
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 22nd, 2009 at 12:13 am
Best one yet. Nice!
June 22nd, 2009 at 12:13 am
Very nice and creative!
June 22nd, 2009 at 12:24 am
Cool!
I’ve got the biohazard symbol on my lower back, and I have an atom symbol around the caduceus (that lovely pole with snakes entwining it that symbolizes medicine) on the front of my left shoulder, to symbolize my interest in the uses of radiation in medicine.
June 22nd, 2009 at 11:34 am
Thanks! I want to thank Lantz at Zulu Tattoo for doing such a beautiful job. I am so excited that Dr. Zimmer posted it!
Carl: Mister, not Doctor, Zimmer.
June 22nd, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Now that is a tattoo that you won’t regret as you get older. Really beautiful, in design, in execution, and in symbolism. Good for you, Cheri.
June 24th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
A biohazard sign on some electrong orbitals, very nice!