Arnaud writes, “I am a geneticist interested in the processes that make every individual unique. This tattoo symbolizes a living being as the result of a ‘game of life’ where random and deterministic processes interacts together. Genes provide a solid framework, but random and external factors have an equally important role in determining who you are.”
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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September 14th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
nice!!
September 18th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Interesting. I hate to be a party pooper, but is it that hard for people, especially scientists, to make sure they depict the DNA duplex as a right-handed helix?
September 18th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
I don’t know if you already have this in your tattoo “collection”, but Dawkins’ latest book has a colour plate of an Australian student’s back with a tattoo of the Hillis circular “plot of life”.
What some people do for science!