"Here are my two Copernicus/scientific revolution homages. I teach science at a public school in eastern MA. It's nice to see the size of the subculture of science geeks that are also tattoo geeks." --Chris
They're two of the newest contributions to the my flickr set of science tattoos, but they're two of my personal favorites. Check out all 131 images.
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These are great. I will have to send a photo of my own sciency tattoo. It is so nice to see I'm not the only geeky tattooed freak out there!
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Oh, My! I feel an impending resurgence of the classic conflict between good and evil!
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Yes, damn you!!! Now I'll have to have one in addition to the DNR on my chest.