November 2011
5 posts
Science Ink Artists
Our new book with Carl Zimmer Science Ink has a few hundred images of amazing tattoos inspired by science. From the complex and colorful like Gabriel Pato’s “Neural Net” (above) to simple equations in black ink. We couldn’t get a good list of artist credits done in time to include in the first edition, but we’ve posted up a partial list on Carl’s...
SibleyRaptors@S&N
We’re proud to announce the publication of Sibley’s Raptors of North America. There was a brief delay in getting this poster out, but it was worth the wait. We wanted to get the composition just right and include as many of David’s images as possible.
Raptors are a challenge—you need to include birds both in flight and perched, as well as showing some males...
Mayfly@Orvis
We published The Mayfly Guide by Al Caucci this fall and Tom Rosenbauer has some wonderful things to say about it on his excellent Orvis Flyfishing Guide Podcast this week (11/7/11). Tom also interviews George Daniel about European nymphing techniques. Good stuff.
This podcast is consistently one of the best (if not the best) in its category. All killer, no filler. Tom’s laid-back, but...
SciInk@NYTimes
The New York Times put up a slideshow yesterday of images from our new book Science Ink by Carl Zimmer. It’s a thoughtful selection and includes a favorite image of ours—the Italian wall lizard contributed by Russell Burke. A biologist at Hofstra, Burke studies this pesky little reptile and had the clever idea of including the lizard perched on the tattoo itself. The whole book has over...
