Science on a T-shirt

Twitter can be extremely useful for many reasons. It can be a waste of time. It can be a fun waste of time!

My favourite hashtag this week is #scishirt. People post selfies of their science-themed T shirts. Some have institution's logos, often re-worked to get some effect. Some are funny. Some make you think, Oh God that's way over my head. But it's great to see how scientists are into their science.

Here's one for justifying slacking in the lab:

#scishirt from @ASCBiology! pic.twitter.com/0FKmRsPwVq

— Jessica Polka (@jessicapolka) November 20, 2014

 

And #SciShirt is not just for in the lab:

Wearing my @xkcdComic #scishirt this morning while I look after a poorly toddler. pic.twitter.com/M3Wh6xNx24

— Jon Marles-Wright (@jmarlesw) November 20, 2014

 

Here is a cool astronomer #SciShirt:

I am a scientist discovering nearby planets in a #scishirt .@BadAstronomer @AstroKatie @Alex_Parker @ESA_Rosetta pic.twitter.com/WmhQeUbQtw

— Lauren M. Weiss (@LaurenMWeiss) November 19, 2014

 

This is one of my favourite finds this week! Rather than "back-of-the-envelope", this derivation is "front-of-the T-shirt"!

Second #scishirt featuring a shirt that illustrates the derivation of Shröedinger's equation in the shape of a cat. pic.twitter.com/BuD1PaLNao

— Aadita Chaudhury (@ThylacineReport) November 18, 2014

 

Which is even better than this one:

This, from the awesome @rlfcomic, may or may not be a #scishirt. pic.twitter.com/q9JO0J69Y5

— Paul-Gabriel Wiener (@hataroni) November 19, 2014

 

And I will add my own, a long-time favourite. The Maxwell equations describe the electromagnetic waves which make up light. Geeky? - you bet! You can tell it's me, because I'm about to saw - I mean practice - on my cello. This is actually the second version of this T-shirt for me: I bought the first one several decades ago. That one was bright yellow with blue letters. I wore it until it had so many holes it wasn't really decent any more. But last spring I found this one!

Go on: check out #SciShirt. You won't be sorry.

 

 

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