This morning: grey clouds and low tide on White Island, home to an empty lighthouse, thousands of terns, and thousands more mosquitoes. And red algae.
Originally published August 11, 2008. Copyright 2008 Carl Zimmer.
Janet Stemwedel writes:
“Yes, she’s holding a bubbling Erlenmeyer flask; clearly this must be the international symbol for woman chemist.
Of course since I’m now a philosopher of science rather than a chemist, one might wonder why I chose to tattoo myself with the international symbol for woman chemist. I guess there’s a way that tattoos still serve as tribal markings … and since the tribe of chemists is the first professional/disciplinary tribe I joined, I feel like my heart is still there even if my faculty billet is in philosophy.”
George Orwell is about to start a blog.
Originally published August 8, 2008. Copyright 2008 Carl Zimmer.
I’m heading off to Appledore Island for a few blog-free days of yapping sea gulls and dissected sharks. I’ll schedule a few science tattoo posts for while I’m gone, but I will be mum till my return.
Originally published August 8, 2008. Copyright 2008 Carl Zimmer.