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

ChemistryViews.org and Wiley Editors recommend Christmas presents with a scientific flavor.

FOOD AND DRINK

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• Beauty in the Making Glass

An ornate illustrated glass that educates the drinker on the glass-making process and the constituent compounds and molecular structure of the glass.
Meghan Campbell, ChemBioChem

• Radioactive Elements Glowing Coaster Set

Glowing coasters that feature the atomic number and isotopic mass of the most stable or common isotope for each element.
Lynsey Geldeard, ChemistryViews.org

• Chemistry Lab Shot Glass Set

Shot glasses in the shape of laboratory glassware including beakers, a conical flask, and a round-bottomed flask.
Kate Lawrence, ChemElectroChem

• Test Tube Spice Rack

  Perform gastronomic chemistry and turn the kitchen into a flavor laboratory with this test tube spice rack.
  Stephen Horner, Angewandte Chemie

• Espresso Cup and Saucer with Caffeine Molecule

For the coffee-loving chemist, an espresso cup labeled with the molecule that provides their early morning lift.
Vera Köster, ChemistryViews.org

• Sucrose Molecule Sugar Bowl

And some sugar to go with that espresso … one lump or two?
Vera Köster, ChemistryViews.org

• Pork Pies and Chemistry?

  Or perhaps let someone else perform the gastronomic chemistry and try a hand-cut pork pie. The combination of pork, salt, and spice creates a taste sensation in your mouth that will leave you craving for another bite – and another, and another. In fact, they’re very addictive.
  Jon Kaye, EMEA Bulletin
  

PERIODIC TABLES AND GAMES

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• Periodic Table Shower Curtain

  Know someone who can’t get enough of chemistry? How about giving them this shower curtain so that they can get their chemistry fix even when washing.
  Simon Lightfoot, Biofpr

• The Arduino Starter Kit

  A great introduction to the world of sensors and actuators. This kit contains the components and instructions required to build several creative projects including a color-mixing lamp, a crystal ball, and a touchy-feely lamp.
  Matteo Cavalleri, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry

JEWELLERY AND CLOTHES

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• Pipette Tip Earrings

  A gift with a difference – inventive earrings made from laboratory equipment.
  Lesley Belfit, Book Department

• Rutherford–Bohr Model Atom Earrings

  These silver-plated brass earrings are in the shape of the Rutherford–Bohr model atom and come complete with a holographic clear nucleas and peridot, amethyst, and holographic turquoise orbiting electrons.
  Matteo Cavalleri, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry

• Breaking Bad T-Shirt

  A T-shirt inspired by the TV drama “Breaking Bad”.
  Elke Maase, Book Department
  

HOME AND OFFICE

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• Chemistry Clock

  Find chemistry-inspired clocks here and here
  Lesley Belfit, Book Department
  Richard Threlfall, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry

• Cinnamon Molecule Ornament

  Something different to adorn any chemist’s desk – a stylish model of the cinnamaldehyde molecule, the compound that gives cinnamon its characteristic smell/taste, cast in metal.
  Andrew Moore, BioEssays

• LED Spiral Helix & Stand

  A spiral helix light to shed a different light on your home or office.
  Lynsey Geldeard, ChemistryViews.org

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  A Year in the Lab: The Chemist’s View 2014
  The twelve best pictures from ChemistryViews.org‘s Picture Competition 2013 have been combined in the 2014 calendar. These stunning pictures show the beautiful and fascinating things you find in a chemistry lab.

  Eva Wille, VP Global Chemistry

BOOKS AND DVDs

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• Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout (Lauren Redniss)

  This book glows in the dark!! How cool is that! This portrayal of Marie and Pierre Curie is both informative and visually striking containing interesting narrative, quotes from the scientists themselves, and accompanying sketches and pictures.
  Matteo Cavalleri, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry

• The Chemistry of Beer: The Science in the Suds (Roger Bartt)

  For the beer-loving chemist, this book will take you on a fascinating journey, explaining the underlying science and chemistry at every stage of the beer-making process, helping the reader to develop a greater appreciation for the world’s most popular alcoholic drink.
  Anthony Weatherwax, Angewandte Chemie

  Interested in the chemistry behind beer? You can also check out The Oktoberfest Rearrangement article in ChemistryViews.org, which shows how beer owes its marvelous flavor to a great deal of chemistry.

• 30-Second Elements: The 50 Most Significant Elements, Each Explained in Half a Minute (Eric Scerri)

  A nice science book dealing with the periodic table, with clever scrapbook-type collages of drawings and photos illustrating each element.
  Vera Köster, ChemistryViews.org

• Neither Physics nor Chemistry (Kostas Gavroglu, Ana Simões)

  This book is for the quantum chemist in your life.
  Also, if you want to give something to the quantum chemist in your life but are a bit short on money Kostas Gavroglu and Ana Simões have written a free-to-read review A Kaleidoscopic Agenda for Quantum Chemistry.
  Matteo Cavalleri, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry

• 50 and More Essential NMR Experiments: A Detailed Guide (Matthias Findeisen, Stefan Berger)

  An educational christmas present – in this universal NMR cookbook Professor Berger has highlighted around 50 of the most important experiments and explains them step-by-step, backed by questions and answers for easier learning.
  Eva Wille, VP Global Chemistry

• Experiment!: Planning, Implementing and Interpreting (Oivind Andersson)

  An enjoyable guide to the uncharted lands of meaningful experiments, for all those who are looking for direction in the data-rich jungle of modern science.
  Frank Otmar, Book Department
  

• Breaking Bad: The Complete Series (DVD)

  A DVD of this multi-award-winning TV series would make a perfect gift not only for the chemist in your life. The main character in this drama is a chemistry teacher, Walter H. White, who upon being diagnosed with lung cancer and facing impending death decides to form a narcotics business to establish financial security for his family.
  Aileen Mitchell, Chemistry – An Asian Journal

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