“Some history: My name is Skye, and I am a Chemist by trade, but in my spare time I am an stargazer and amateur astronomer.”
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Originally published February 17, 2008. Copyright 2008 Carl Zimmer.
Author: Lori Jia
“It is an approximation of the locus of connectedness for the Julia sets of the family of functions f(z) = z^2 + lambda/(z^2) (rotated by pi/2). This is analogous to the standard Mandelbrot set (which applies to the family f(z) = z^2 + c), but holds additional fascination because for lambda values which are in the interior of one of the subdomains of the connectedness locus, the Julia set is a Universal Curve. To me this represents the structure unifying chaos (since Julia sets are chaotic) and order (since Universal Curves act as a sort of catalog of all planar curves).” –Aaron
“It’s great to see that there are other uber-nerds out there! I am a microbiologist so my obvious choice was a microscope. This one is an antique from 1893, and it is along the left side of my spine.” –Jillian
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Originally published February 17, 2008. Copyright 2008 Carl Zimmer.
“Just wanted to jump on the bandwagon with my own tribute to my scientific style. This is a tattoo of the word for Body, Spirit, Person.People, and Life in Owens Valley Paiute, written in International Phonetic Alphabet. I am a Linguist that specializes in Endangered languages and thought i needed this tagged on me.”–Russ
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Originally published February 17, 2008. Copyright 2008 Carl Zimmer.
“This is an artist’s rendition of Frake Drake’s Solar Location Map on the Pioneer plaques. [CZ: Actually, I think it’s Voyager] I’m an application engineer… A science fan that just wanted the aliens to know where to return me if I were to be abducted : )” –Matt
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Originally published February 17, 2008. Copyright 2008 Carl Zimmer.