Math/Physics Tattoo Idea Request - Warren

[Poop-Loops]

My friend is a chemistry major and has a bunch of chemical formulas (like the ones with the lines connecting the element letters together) for the neuroreceptors for pain and pleasure on his arms.

 

[Holocene]

I once toyed with the idea of getting the "Pioneer Plaque" tattooed on my back.

Well, as it turned out, there were quite a few pics on the internet of people who had done just that. And here I thought I had an original idea...

 

[pharmer]

I have a tattoo on each shoulder's deltoid. I designed them myself using MathCad and Photoshop. The right shoulder has a 3D perspective of a gaussian photon, four and a half wavelengths, the lobes a solid black for the magnetic field, a deep red for the electric field. I had wanted thin line vectors in each lobe, but the tattoo artist refused to attempt it, saying that they would badly blend together in a few years. It's seven inches across (I have big shoulders) but could easily reduce to three. The left shoulder is a 3D perspective of the Periodic Table with a diamondback snake wrapped around it in the shape of the infinity symbol. The snake's eye has h-bar in it. It is about eight inches wide.

It seems to me the best tattoos are relatively simple (it's easy to put in too many details), even if it's still sophisticated. I may have put a bit too much detail into the Planck Snake, but the photon is perfect. I am happy with both. Instead of wearing my religion on my sleeve (I don't have one), I wear my profession on my shoulders!

Take your time designing your unique tattoo. You'll be stuck with it.

 

[fourier jr]

i can't believe nobody mentioned euler's equation. maybe it isn't as cool as i think it is

 

[Cyrus]

 

[junglebeast]

Hahaha...what a travesty!

 

[junglebeast]

http://sol.sci.uop.edu/~jfalward/elementaryparticles/redbluegreenequalswhite.JPG

quarks in a proton or neutron

http://sol.sci.uop.edu/~jfalward/elementaryparticles/pairproductioncloudchamberphoto.jpg
gamma-ray photon disappears and in its place
appear an electron and its antiparticle, the positron,
a particle of equal mass but opposite charge

1974 discovery photograph of a possible charmed baryon, now identified as the Σc++

http://www.slic2.wsu.edu:82/hurlbert/micro101/images/TransferRNA.gif

 

[pharmer]

Here are my tats:

 

[Oscar Wilde]

anything of a fractal nature would look very cool

 

[ExactlySolved]

\delta S = 0

 

[fourier jr]

how about http://gizmodo.com/5270864/does-this-physics-tattoo-make-this-man-the-biggest-nerd-on-earth-or-hottest-geek-alive" ?

 

[robphy]

Is there a minus-sign missing in the second line?

 

[bassplayer142]

What about planets revolving around the sun or something with astronomy? Also, there is a book out there that the author takes mathematical proofs and makes a picture out of it. I have never seen they but there could be some great ideas in there!

edit
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0883857006/?tag=pfamazon01-20

 

[Kernacktur]

Here's what I have in terms of physics tattoos.

 

[dcha]

Sorry to bump an old thread. I really want to get something like these bubble chamber photos.

[PLAIN]http://www.particlephysics.ac.uk/news/picture-of-the-week/picture-archive/tracks-in-a-hydrogen-bubble-chamber/000329_med.jpg


This one is even more beautiful, but I'm not sure how it would be done.
[PLAIN]http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/matterandmotion/bubble-chamber2.jpeg

Please let me know what you think. :)

 

[QuarkCharmer]

Since I learned what they are, I have noticed a TON of people with Bubble chamber tattoos. Where I live it's a huge fad, even among those not interested in physics. It's more of a thing that has become prevelant since CERN and the LHC became internet phenomenons.

I kind of like the idea of a Feynman diagram tattoo myself, though something a little more complex than the electromagnetic interaction ones you always see.

 

[dcha]

Where do you live? When you say a "ton", how many are we talking? Enough for it to be unoriginal or played out? I haven't ever met anyone that knows what I'm talking about when I describe it, let alone have a tattoo of one so I might be okay in my area.

 

[Kurdt]

How about just a spiderman tattoo.

[PLAIN]http://offbeatink.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/cool-spiderman-tattoo.jpg

 

[The legend]

How about just a spiderman tattoo.

[PLAIN]http://offbeatink.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/cool-spiderman-tattoo.jpg[/QUOTE]
spiderman uses physics of tension in string and equilibrium too... so it should do..

 

[radou]

The only tattoos worth something are washed-out tattoos of mermaids and anchors. That's for real men.

 

[Clairepie]

Who is your fave physics wizard/mathemitizer?!

 

[leroyjenkens]

I'd get a t-shirt with bubble chamber designs on it, but never a tattoo of it.
A tattoo of equations and stuff like that just makes it look like you're trying too hard to look smart.

 

[radou]

A tattoo of equations and stuff like that just makes it look like you're trying too hard to look smart.

Or stupid.

 

[czelaya]

I remember when a friend of mine wanted to get a tatoo of E=mc^2. I told him that was so weak (of course, I was joking). I told him that the equation was algebriac. I said get something "manly" like a partial differential equation like the Schrodinger or Dirac equation.

 

[Dr Lots-o'watts]

I don't recommend tattoos, but the 7th order KdV equation around a wrist or other limb would be interesting to see (on someone else but me). Not sure yet what it's useful for though.

 

[Max™]

Do it, be an hero!

 

[dcha]

Decided to get a Mandelbrot fractal below my clavicle and the bubble tracks wrapped around my bicep. I went in and worked a design with the artist yesterday. I was pretty stunned when I came home to read Mandelbrot died yesterday.

 

[Pythagorean]

Wu Li

http://www.wulisoft.com/abtwuli.htm

 

[dcha]

 

[1MileCrash]

 

[Amanheis]

There is a square missing, it should be E^2 instead of E in the energy-momentum relation.

How does this happen? I noticed it within 2 seconds of looking at that picture. You'd think people would pay more attention to what they permanently write on their skin.

Then again, I've seen a lot worse tattoo typos on the internets...

 

[Andrewjh07]

I am seriously considering a tesseract. I love this one. I would like to get it in a smaller version and on the inside of my bicep.

 

[gravenewworld]

How about a tattoo from mother nature?

http://thecaudallure.com/2012/03/03/lichtenberg-scar/

 

[dipole]

There is a square missing, it should be E^2 instead of E in the energy-momentum relation.

How does this happen? I noticed it within 2 seconds of looking at that picture. You'd think people would pay more attention to what they permanently write on their skin.

Then again, I've seen a lot worse tattoo typos on the internets...

LOL. I'm guessing the owner of that tatoo is more of a physics "admirer" than a physics practicer.

 

[Jim Kata]

I know this might be a bit pictorial, but how about Feynman diagrams. Maybe, a tatoo of the one loop corrections to the QED Lagrangian? My friend has some Feynman diagrams for tatoos and it always leads to interesting conversations at parties.

 

[-Sirius-]

I'm thinking of getting a Feynman diagram tattoo myself for various reason, however I'm not sure which to go with - the standard electromagnetic (http://uslhc.quantumdiaries.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/eetoee1.png ) seems a bit boring, does anyone have any suggestions?

 

[Tuya]

Hey Warren,

I am wondering if you have gotten your tattoo. If not and still searching for an idea, here is a helpful link.

You can get some ideas from these tattoos.

http://talklikeaphysicist.com/category/tuesday-physics-tattoos/