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Carl Zimmer

Author: Lori Jia

Nearly a Golden Spiral

Posted on February 17, 2008July 10, 2020 by Lori Jia

“Here’s mine, a rough approximation of the golden spiral… but more accurately a simple logarithmic spiral.”–Dave Stroup

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Originally published February 17, 2008. Copyright 2008 Carl Zimmer.

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Mars

Posted on February 17, 2008July 10, 2020 by Lori Jia

“My Mars tattoo, inspired by a close friend and the need for humans to go in to space. Well at least that’s the short answer.” –Walter Fruge

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Originally published February 17, 2008. Copyright 2008 Carl Zimmer.

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The Romance of Glucose

Posted on February 17, 2008July 10, 2020 by Lori Jia

“Here’s a tattoo of glucose (b-D-glucopyranose, to be more exact) that I have on my back. Somewhere out there is a young lady with the same tattoo in smaller version on her ankle. Alas, a lost love” –A chemistry professor

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Originally published February 17, 2008. Copyright 2008 Carl Zimmer.

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Metol

Posted on February 17, 2008July 10, 2020 by Lori Jia

“This is the chemical composition for Metol, which is a developing agent in black and white photo developer.”–Chloe

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Originally published February 17, 2008. Copyright 2008 Carl Zimmer.

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Macro Meets Micro

Posted on February 17, 2008July 10, 2020 by Lori Jia

“It synthesize the union of the Macro (Universe: c) and the Micro (Quantum: hbar) cosmos.”–Otavio

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Originally published February 17, 2008. Copyright 2008 Carl Zimmer.

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Carl Zimmer has been writing about science since 1990. Here you can read articles he's written for The New York Times, National Geographic, and other publications. In 2004, Zimmer launched "The Loom," a blog about science that has been hosted over the years by Discover and National Geographic. You can read these posts here. Zimmer also writes an email newsletter called "Friday's Elk." You can read past issues here, and can subscribe to receive new ones here. If you are searching for a particular topic, you can use the search bar below.

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