Atlanta-based photographer Erik Dixon got a tattoo illustrating the inverse square law, which "...is the physics equation for the fall off rate of light radiating from a source point. Something I use every time I shoot. This also applies to gravity and sound."
If you were to get an intellectual tattoo, what would it be?
Link | Photo: Erik Dixon/Geeky Tattoos
e^i? + 1 = 0
Not that I've ever had the chance to use it per se, but one day I hope to.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%27s_identity
(Yes, I tried to post a copy of the equations, but such things appear to be beyond the interaction between this site and this poster.)
Assets equals libalites plus shareholders equity. For a true accountant it is beautiful in its symplicity, but can be used to explain 95% of all accounting entries.
Among several ohers, I also have a big totally continuous triskele widely overlapping one of my shoulderblades. I'd like to someday somewhere add a möbius-strip- possibly around my upper arm, combined with an infinite-sign (the lemniscate) and done in some celtic style.
...But I'm not really sure I would see my tattoos as "intellectual"...
euler : http://www.flickr.com/photos/vicnent/237587249/sizes/o/