Body art meets popular science in this mind-blowing collection, which showcases hundreds of eye-catching tattoos that pay tribute to various scientific disciplines, along with personal stories of the individuals who inscribed their obsessions in their skin. Best of all, each tattoo provides a leaping-off point for renowned bestselling essayist Carl Zimmer to reflect on the science in question.
Author Biography
Carl Zimmer is a journalist and lecturer on science writing at Yale University. His numerous critically praised books include Parasite Rex (Atria Books), which the LA Times called "capable of changing how we see the world"; and Microcosm (Vintage), which the Boston Globe called 'superb... quietly revolutionary'. He writes for countless publications, including the New York Times and Scientific American, and regularly appears on radio and on TV.
