Still searching for that perfect Christmas present for the Chemist in your life? Out of ideas for what to get your lab mates?

ChemistryViews and Journal Editors recommend Christmas presents with a scientific flavor …

FOOD AND DRINK

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• Periodic beer (BeEr) glass

  Why not have your lab mates bring their very own periodic beer glass to the next late-night research discussion?

Brian Johnson, The Chemical Record

• Salt and pepper set

  Stylish salt & pepper shakers with a chemical equation

Brian Johnson, The Chemical Record

• Bottle of wine with element on lable

  Know a Chemist who is also a wine connoisseur? Check out the wines from Wines of Substance

Jennifer O’Donnell, European Journal of Organic Chemistry

• Stainless steel flask with ethanol molecule engaved

  We all know what that hip flask contains, but just to be sure here’s a flask with an ethanol molecule on the front

Sarah Millar, ChemistryViews.org

• 400 mL beaker with handle

  Drink from your very own 400 mL laboratory beaker with this mug

Jennifer O’Donnell, European Journal of Organic Chemistry

• Freeze-dried ice-cream

  Some freeze-dried ice-cream makes an ideal gift for anyone that’s ever wondered what it’s like to be an astronaut

Sarah Millar, ChemistryViews.org

PERIODIC TABLES

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• Periodic Table building blocks

  Perfect for young scientists (ages 2 and up) for an early education in chemistry
     Vera Koester, ChemistryViews.org

• Periodic Table on Pretty much anything, e.g. socks

  Bored with having a periodic table on paper? Get it on pretty much anything, including socks and t-shirts.
     Rachel McGlue, Chemistry – A European Journal

• Alternative Form of Periodic Table

  After joining our Periodic Debate, you might be interested in a non-traditional versions of the periodic table
     Sarah Millar, ChemistryViews.org
  

• Periodic Table

  Posters of the periodic table in various designs (and not necessarily of the elements)

Rachel McGlue, Chemistry – A European Journal

CLOTHES

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• T-shirt with name spelt in protein chemistry

  Get a T-shirt with a friend or loved-one’s name spelled out in protein and peptide chemistry

Jennifer O’Donnell, European Journal of Organic Chemistry

• Atomic emission scarf

  Why not knit someone an atomic emission spectrum scarf!

Guido Kemeling, ChemSusChem

• T-shirts

  Protons have mass T-shirt, the element of surprise T-shirt and other funny T-shirts

Heulwen Price, Chemistry – A European Journal

HOME AND GADGETS

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• Bowl with molecular structure of steel

  Take molecular design to the next level with decorative bowls based on the molecular structure of steel

Rachel McGlue, Chemistry — A European Journal

• Table lamp shpaed like conical flask
  

  Bring a little light to a loved one’s life with a table lamp shaped like a conical flask

Rachel McGlue, Chemistry — A European Journal

• Galileo thermometer
  

  Galileo thermometers have been around for 400 years, yet our fascination with them never seems to fade

Sarah Millar, ChemistryViews.org

BOOKS

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• Kevin Dunn — Caveman Chemistry

From the Creation of Fire to the Production of Plastics

Half a million years ago our ancestors learned to make fire from scratch. Their descendants transformed clay into pottery, wool into clothing, and ashes into cleansers. In ceramic crucibles they won metal from rock, the metals lead to colored glazes and glass. Buildings of brick and mortar enshrined books of parchment and paper. Kings and queens demanded ever more colorful clothing and accessories in order to out-class clod-hoppers and call-girls. Kingdoms rose and fell by the power of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal. And the demands of everyday folk for glass and paper and soap stimulated the first round of chemical industrialization. From sulfuric acid to sodium carbonate. From aniline dyes to analgesic drugs. From blasting powder to fertilizers and plastics. In a phrase, From Caveman to Chemist.

Heulwen Price, Chemistry — A European Journal

• Sam Kean — The Disappearing Spoon

The story of The Periodic Table is one of man’s crowning scientific achievements. But it’s also a treasure trove of stories of passion, adventure, betrayal, and obsession. The infectious tales and astounding details in The Disappearing Spoon follow carbon, neon, silicon, and gold as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, war, the arts, poison, and the lives of the scientists who discovered them.

Theresa Kuechman, Angewandte Chemie

• Gerhard Gottschalk — Discover the World of Microbes

Gives background information in microbiology and on the universal importance of bacteria for all forms of life. Written in an easy-to-read, entertaining style. Each chapter contains a `facts’ section with compact text and diagrams.

Vera Koester, ChemistryViews.org

SPECIAL

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• Romantic dinner in Prague

  Invite your partner for a special dinner during the EuCheMS conference August 26 to 30, 2012

• ChemistryViews.org Newsletter

  Sign in for our free newsletter before December 30th and win an iPad

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