Symbols of Science

[Mag]

I was just thinking, what other scientific fields have official symbols associated with them?

 

Medicine has the Rod of Asclepius, Psychology uses the Greek uppercase letter Psi [math]\Psi[/math]

 

Do any others have symbols corresponding with them?

Edited April 11, 2009 by Mag

[CharonY]

Hmm... Biohazard?

[mooeypoo]

Some of those scientific topics are relatively new in name. For example, Astronomy wasn't really refered to as such until relatively more modern times than the greeks -- they refered to it as either Astrology or part of general science.

 

So the symbols of Astronomy (and I am gritting my teeth saying that) are, I guess, Astrological symbols -- the zodiac.

[timo]

I often see a capital phi ([math]\Phi[/math]) for physics. Not sure how "official" that is, though.

[mooeypoo]

Chemistry is the sign of the atom..

 

And this isn't really a symbol, but I think Da Vinci's naked man is usually associated with Biology:

[Psycho]

 

The double helix is a strong one for genetics.

[Phi for All]

Pharmacology = $

[cameron marical]

a microscope is one of the things i think of when biology comes to mind. and science in general.

 

[Kaeroll]

 

A classic, surely? Though most chemicals I've worked with haven't been half as pretty. Alternatively, the Bunsen burner, or distillation apparatus. The latter is a must in any Hollywood chem lab, usually without any kind of sheath on the condenser, and surrounded by conical flasks inexplicably filled with dry ice or food dye.

 

mooeypoo - I prefer Dr. Manhattan's take on the atomic symbol.