Chimiste

The Loom
By Carl Zimmer
Aug 10, 2008 8:58 PMNov 5, 2019 4:47 AM

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Janet Stemwedel writes:

Yes, she's holding a bubbling Erlenmeyer flask; clearly this must be the international symbol for woman chemist. Of course since I'm now a philosopher of science rather than a chemist, one might wonder why I chose to tattoo myself with the international symbol for woman chemist. I guess there's a way that tattoos still serve as tribal markings ... and since the tribe of chemists is the first professional/disciplinary tribe I joined, I feel like my heart is still there even if my faculty billet is in philosophy.

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