Monday, June 30, 2008

You Can Have the Same Saturn Art as Sir Paul!


The Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations (CICLOPS) has created a beautiful poster showing 64 images of Saturn taken by the Cassini spacecraft. The images were compiled in honor of Sir Paul McCartney: 
On June 18, 2006, we celebrated Paul McCartney's 64th birthday by highlighting sixty-four of our most dazzling images, a kaleidoscope of splendor and spectacle, in an 8-minute-long cinematic production accompanied by the music of the Beatles.

These same sixty-four scenes from Saturn have been composited into the poster shown here, and sent to the former Beatle, along with a CD of the movie.
Download a copy of the poster for yourself.

Mathematical Quilts & Note Cards


Elaine Krajenke Ellison is a mathematics educator who makes lovely mathematical quilts. While the quilts are all one-of-a-kind (and some are in museums!), you can order note cards with full-color images of her artistry. Some of her quilts are for sale, and you can contact Ms. Ellison through her site for more information.

Show above: The Clifford Torus, The Six Trigonometric Functions, Spiraling Pythagorean Triples.

(via Fairer Science)

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Women of Valor T-Shirt


I'd guess most graduate students are familiar with Jorge Cham's web comic Piled Higher and Deeper (aka PhD), which is about "life (or the lack thereof) in academia." Now you can purchase a t-shirt featuring geeky engineering student Cecilia from PhD's online store.

Display your chromosomes with pride: XX T-shirts


Etsy seller Xenotees is selling tees with an image of  two X chromosomes. You can chose from sleeveless or short-sleeved, and they come in several different colors. Display your chromosomes with pride!

(via Eye on DNA)

Friday, June 27, 2008

Apple Pi

Etsy seller davidloong has a gorgeous brass, copper and sterling silver pendant depicting "Apple Pi":
In a triumph of co-operation, the world's greatest gardeners, pastry chefs and physicists published the results of their latest collaborative effort in Nature last month. Described as extraordinarily tasty and cooking in only 3.142 seconds, the Apple Pi is expected to be available to the public in March 2011.