Monday, March 2, 2020
What science tattoo would you get?
At the UQ condensed matter theory group meeting, we had an interesting discussion about this question?
A Google image search produces some interesting options.
I don't know if these are real or some are photoshopped.
Would you get an equation, a molecule, a phase diagram, or .... ?
From condensed matter, nothing particularly stands out to me. But I do think that Einstein's gravity equations (above) are pretty amazing.
Maybe
The Theory of Everything
BTW. I am no fan of tattoos and can never imagine getting one of any kind.
So, what science tattoo might you get?
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Several years ago I met with a prospective student who had a full color tattoo covering one arm. I asked him "Are those Bessel functions?". He said "You are the first person to ever know what they were!!". He joined my group.
ReplyDeleteCarl Zimmer (science writer) has a book called 'Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed' with many good examples.
ReplyDeleteIn my personal opinion, I often find science tattoos to be rather cringy and pretentious. It comes off as science worship to me, like getting a tattoo of Feynman or Einstein.
ReplyDeleteSamples here
ReplyDelete1) Be honest in whatever do.
2) Do not cherry pick data.
3) Don't rush to publish.
4) Publish a single author paper
The second one has become a global activity in even luxury journals for hierarchical glory in academia. So " Do not cherry pick data " is a good tatoo for academia.
I have heard that a number of team members who worked on the new definition of the kilogram now have Planck's constant tattoos.
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