# Looking for science/mathematics shirts!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 31, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-science-mathematics-shirts/237618 "2004-03-31T21:52:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Splanky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-science-mathematics-shirts/237618/1 "2004-03-31T21:52:23Z")
I’m looking for websites/stores that sell math and science shirts. I’m very envious of a friend who has some very neat shirts- two featuring Maxwell’s equation(s) for light, one approximating Pi to several thousand digits, one with the Rosetta stone, and some others. I was thinking in specifically of finding a shirt featuring the Riemann Zeta function, or any other really complex/confusing-looking equation that most people wouldn’t understand. (I’m a pretentious math geek, I know). Anything related to science or mathematics would be considered. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-science-mathematics-shirts/237618/2 "2004-03-31T22:07:37Z")
[ThinkGeek.com](http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/) sell a t-shirt with the caffeine molecule on it. They have lots of computer themed stuff too. “There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don’t…” That sort of thing, you know. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-science-mathematics-shirts/237618/3 "2004-03-31T22:27:49Z")
A quick search for “math shirts” pulled up [this](http://www.mathstop.com/quantexx/mathshirts.html). You may find other things with the same search. ---
**Author:** ![Mathochist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Mathochist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathochist)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-science-mathematics-shirts/237618/4 "2004-03-31T22:48:34Z")
> [@Splanky](#): > > I was thinking in specifically of finding a shirt featuring the Riemann Zeta function, or any other really complex/confusing-looking equation that most people wouldn’t understand. (I’m a pretentious math geek, I know). Anything related to science or mathematics would be considered. Go to an AMS meeting, especially the Joint Mathematics Meetings (next January it’s in Atlanta). Look around the vendors. Actually, I don’t much care for the “big and confusing” style of shirts. [Sidney Harris’](http://www.sciencecartoonsplus.com/) cartoons make great tshirts (including the famous “then a miracle occurs” shirt). Then there’s a few variants on “And God said (differential Maxwell equations) and there was light”. My personal favorite is a Springer-Verlag shirt, featuring the S-V logo making a knight’s tour on the back. Normal people have tshirts of their favorite bands. I’ve got a tshirt of my favorite publisher. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-science-mathematics-shirts/237618/5 "2004-03-31T23:09:21Z")
Check any bookstore that’s on or adjascent to a college campus. I remember seeing shirts like you describe at several bookstores near UVA in Charlottesville. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-science-mathematics-shirts/237618/6 "2004-03-31T23:23:55Z")
My favorite math shirt: [http://www.scienceteecher.com/whatpartlrg.html](http://www.scienceteecher.com/whatpartlrg.html) I wear it when I can. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-science-mathematics-shirts/237618/7 "2004-03-31T23:27:39Z")
How about [this](http://www.mathematicianspictures.com/Shirts_.htm) or [this](http://www.pegasuspublishing.com/cart/science_&_math_shirts.html)? ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-science-mathematics-shirts/237618/8 "2004-04-01T01:07:20Z")
[http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/sell/](http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/sell/) lets you make your own shirt. I think you send them a jpg of the design you want, then they print it on the shirt, and you buy the shirt from them. I haven’t used it myself, but a friend of mine was pretty successful with it. Of course, using someone else’s copyrighted material (e.g. stealing a design from a link in this thread, then selling it to yourself for a lower price) is probably not such a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![jkusters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jkusters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jkusters)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-science-mathematics-shirts/237618/9 "2004-04-01T01:51:54Z")
Go here: [http://www.booksmatter.com](http://www.booksmatter.com) Type “shirt” into the search box. There are about 10 shirts (10 decimal, not binary), of which a couple are full of math formulea. JOhn. ---
**Author:** ![so\_da\_ne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@so\_da\_ne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/so_da_ne)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-science-mathematics-shirts/237618/10 "2004-04-01T01:54:27Z")
If you can’t find a shirt you like, try my favourite T-shirt trick. Go to any major office supply store and buy iron-on transfer paper. Make your own design, print, and iron on to any cotton clothing. I love this stuff! ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-science-mathematics-shirts/237618/11 "2004-04-01T02:25:00Z")
Here’s a pretty cool T-shirt that depicts the world’s oldest recorded game of Go. [Sunce vs. Lu Fan, 196 A.D.](http://www.zazzle.com/contributors/products/product/product.asp?cid=238968639586911122&caching=on&product%5Fid=235991827407411465&index=4) There are other famous Go games and classic Go strategy t-shirts within this store, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Ring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Ring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ring)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-science-mathematics-shirts/237618/12 "2004-04-01T04:22:00Z")
> [@erislover](#): > > My favorite math shirt: > [http://www.scienceteecher.com/whatpartlrg.html](http://www.scienceteecher.com/whatpartlrg.html) > > I wear it when I can. I have that one. Unfortunately the T shirt itself is kinda chintzy. Is there some way to determine whether a T shirt is cheap or not? Maybe the weight or something? ---
**Author:** ![Splanky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-science-mathematics-shirts/237618/13 "2004-04-01T04:26:57Z")
thanks guys! All links have been helpful. I’ll post if/when I order/buy anything! Keep ‘em comin’! ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-science-mathematics-shirts/237618/14 "2004-04-01T04:55:52Z")
Grand unification theorists envision a a single equasion, small enough to print on a t-shirt, which could explain EVERYTHING that happens in the universe. Can M-Theory be distilled into one single equasion? ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-science-mathematics-shirts/237618/15 "2004-04-01T06:00:35Z")
My favorites: [Pi symbol] Irrational, but well rounded. [A list of equations in the shape of a bottle between two vertical lines] Absolut value ---
**Author:** ![quothz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/da6949/32.png) [@quothz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quothz)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-science-mathematics-shirts/237618/16 "2004-04-01T16:22:46Z")
My favorite, spotted at a UNM physics symposium: And God said: [Long formula, presumably describing the emission of light from fusion within a star.] And there was light. ---
**Author:** ![Mathochist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Mathochist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathochist)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-science-mathematics-shirts/237618/17 "2004-04-01T17:15:57Z")
> [@quothz](#): > > My favorite, spotted at a UNM physics symposium: > > And God said: > [Long formula, presumably describing the emission of light from fusion within a star.] > And there was light. Those are undoubtedly Maxwell’s Equations, either in differential or integral form. They’re the fundamental equations of the electromagnetic field (light). I think a better variant is “… and still there was no light. Even He forgot boundary conditions.”