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Carl Zimmer

Einstein v. Newton

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

“Here is a picture of my friend who is completing his physics degree this year and his awesome tattoos.”–Joshua Olson

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

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Time Dilation

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

j-rad writes, “The time dilation formula is over my heart and represents my personal belief in life: the faster you go, the more you get to see and the more you get to live. maximum intensity and maximum velocity at all times for maximum lifetime experience per life.”

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

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Diazepam

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

“Chemical structure of diazepam“–testastretta

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

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Koch Fractal

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

“I’m an evolutionary biologist student at Middlebury College. This tattoo was done at True Love Tattoo in Berkeley CA and is my attempt to show both the beauty and my love of chaos in nature. “–Sam Dakota Miller

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

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Galileo

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

Pax writes, “My Galileo tattoo. I’m in computers, but it’s a general sentiment.. I think it fits the thread.”[Note from Carl: See here for more on this quotation.]

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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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