The Golden Ratio
The "Golden Ratio" is a popular theme in Science Ink. Here, Brandon Davis shows off both the spiral, and the number that backs it up (roughly 1.618033988749).
Double Helix
Jay Phelan, a biologist at UCLA, got his DNA tattoo in 1990. It represents the tension between what his genes wanted him to do, vs. what he, as a person, wanted to do.
Darwin's Finches
Everyone knows the story of Darwin's finches and the way their genetic diversity led him to conclude that the process of natural selection drives the evolution of life on this planet. Though already immortalized in Darwin's On the Origin of Species, Rachel Crews pays Darwin's finches further tribute here.
Edison's Phonograph
Old schematics make for good art, and Tyler Rollins' drawing of Edison’s patent for a recording device makes for a perfect forearm piece. It's a fitting tribute, as Rollins is a musician. The drawings here would become the first phonograph, an invention that would set the recording industry in motion.
Voyager
Everyone loves the deep space probe Voyager. Heather Wilkinson likes it so much she commissioned this piece. Voyager 1 is now the furthest human-made object from Earth and on its way out of the solar system. Voyager 2 isn't far behind.
Jellyfish
There's not much to say about Dave Wolfeden's jellyfish. It's a jellyfish, and it's awesome.
Fulvic Acid
Says Science Ink: Cory Ptak got this tattoo, a model of fulvic acid, as a tribute to his graduate work. He worked with the molecule so much that he thought getting it etched into his skin would be less painful than the time he spent at Cornell.
Neural Net
Gabriel Pato's neural net goes from front to back, giving it a 3-D appearance. Which is more accurate, scientifically speaking. The human neural net shows order arising out of the chaos of a disorganized network of neurons. Researchers are still trying to figure out exactly how. But it's a beautiful display of physiology and biology creating very complex order from seeming disorder. And it's beautifully executed here.
Like Clockwork
Lauren Caldwell’s tribute to Giovanni de’ Dondi’s 1364 Il Tractatus Astarii, the first famous Astrarium, which is a mechanical planetarium that mimics the paths of the stars and planets. In other words, it's an astronomical clock Archimedes used a primitive model, but the first real working astrarium clock is credited to de Dondi. The backpiece here is the Mercury Wheelwork.
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