Ryan writes, “I am a mechanical engineer, and this tattoo was inspired by the cover of my mechanical engineering design textbook.”
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About The Loom
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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I once wondered aloud if scientists had tattoos of their science. The answer was yes, and this ever-growing collection is the evidence. Here are instructions if you want to submit one of your own.
Books by Carl Zimmer
The Tangled Bank is the best written and best illustrated introduction to evolution of the Darwin centennial decade, and also the most conversant with ongoing research.--E. O. Wilson, Harvard University
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"Superb...quietly revolutionary"--Boston Globe
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"Fascinating...thrilling... Zimmer has produced a top-notch work of popular science."--Los Angeles Times
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"As thorough as it is graceful...This is as fine a book as one will find on the subject."--Scientific American
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"A book capable of changing how we see the world."--The Los Angeles Times
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"A fascinating story, which Zimmer unfolds as a tale of high-stakes scientific sleuthing."--Booklist
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- DISCOVERmagazine: Living World
- Top 100 Stories of 2009: #46: First-Ever Dinosaur Mummy Puts Flesh on the Bones
- Destination Science: Hunting Dinosaurs With Jack Horner
- The Intellectual Property Fight That Could Kill Millions
- Top 100 Stories of 2009: #42: Scientists Watch Pathogens as They Cause Infection
- Top 100 Stories of 2009: #43: Five Big Additions to Darwin's Theory of Evolution
- DISCOVER Blogs: Bad Astronomy
November 23rd, 2009 at 8:42 am
[...] UPDATE: Now, my other tattoo is famous [...]
November 23rd, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Carl the link in the body of your post is broken. Fortunately it is right there in the sidebar.
Did you catch the story at WIRED this week about LED tattoos?
There’s a limit to what I’d do to my body and would probably want years if not decades of seeing what that does to other people before I’d try it.
Though the idea of having a vital sign readout in my skin does seem rather cool and quite useful, especially if it would be invisible when not needed.
[Carl--Thanks for the bug-catching. Link fixed.]