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Gifts for physicists

Gift ideas for physicists

Finding a suitable present for someone who decodes the forces that hold the universe together for a living may seem like a daunting and challenging task at first glance. But you can rest assured, because we have put together the best gifts for physicists you can imagine. T-shirts with jokes that only a real physicist can understand, matching mugs for coffee between two experiments and fascinating gadgets for home use are just the tip of the gift iceberg that lies dormant on these pages.
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You may say you're a rather reserved person. But that doesn't stop you from attracting attention from friends and colleagues with fascinating gadge...

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This rather chilling choice of words from the Borg right before assimilation shows the benefits of a hive mind and thus the shared knowledge of sev...

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Do you see real beauty where others just see numbers? Are perfect formulas and graphs your type of art? No matter where and when, do you think that...

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Since the first season of The Big Bang Theory aired on TV, we've been aware that the famous thought experiment by Erwin Schrödinger not only clarif...

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This lamp brings together what belongs together: the iconic geometric lamp shape of the lava lamp, known to most kids from the 70s and 90s, and the...

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This shirt makes sense in German only :) Please change to German to learn more about this product.

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This Shirt only makes sense in German. ;)

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Patience is a virtue, they say. But they never tell you how to become patient and achieve a state of absolute relaxation. So it looks like we've go...

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Here we have an octopus with eight (Latin: octo) arms. No ordinary arms of course, but Pi arms! That makes this being an Octopi. :)(By the way, wha...

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Physics is definitely the most important of all sciences ? at least according to physicists ;). If you take a closer look, their way of thinking is...

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The prime number 2 is really very strange ("odd" in English), as it is the only prime number that is not odd :)

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Isn't it amazing what the human brain is capable of? Not only has it secured us our place at the top of the food chain, it can also adapt extremely...

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As nerds, we are definitely anything but average. We love topics and things that the average person might not particularly be interested in, we alm...

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It's the small things that make us happy... For chemists it's the good old periodic table. You probably already know it by heart, but it ...

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Looks like the Borg are in need of a physics lesson or two! Obviously, they've failed to assimilate a culture having at least some basic knowl...

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The time-dependent Schrödinger equation describes the state of a quantum system. And of course this equation also fits perfectly on a T-shirt :)

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When the borgs had known that it would have been so easy.

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OK, you're allowed to admit it: Maths was your favourite subject at school and you just couldn't get enough of it, right? And even today, you can e...

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If you run really, really fast this green T-shirt might appear blue. And by fast we mean extra racy ;).This effect is caused by the Doppler effect,...

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Not every number can be perfect.

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Someone has to say it so clearly :)

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Never try to calculate when drunk!

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Isn't it amazing what the human brain is capable of? Not only has it secured our place at the top of the food chain, it can also adapt extremely qu...

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The cake is a Pi(e)! Mathematicians get it… The symbols on this plate may look complicated, but they are actually a pun. When read out loud, they f...

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Star Trek was –(and still is) –ahead of its time. Spock and co. in The Original Series were the first to give us touchscreens, flip-phone communica...

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Maths is everywhere and especially bright when Pi is included. Unfortunately, there're too many mere mortals who don't see the beauty of ...

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Oh, e^x doesn't have it easy in mathematics, it simply can't integrate, because the integral of e^x remains e^x...

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The Doppler effect describes the change in perception and measuring of frequencies, while its sender and recipient either move towards each other, ...

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Admittedly, mathematics has managed to get such a bad rep that even synchronized vacuuming appears more interesting to many people. To someone who ...

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A perfect number is a positive integer that is equal to the sum of its proper positive divisors, that is, the sum of its positive divisors excludin...

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Many are those that want to tempt you, entice you, and win you over to their side. But there's only one side that offers you what you really n...

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pi * thumb = 42-thumb = 42/pi-thumb = ~13.3742 is the answer to everything, as we know – life, the universe and everything. And, as we know, 1337 ...

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A black hole is a region of space from which no mass or information can escape due to a very strong gravitational field. Obviously, the following a...

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For physicists, it's usually only the order of magnitude that counts anyway, so why bother with such small inaccuracies?

Physics gifts that are worth seeing

The world of unique and great physics gifts is practically as big as the universe that physicists decipher. Well, maybe not quite as big, but still. With so much choice, sometimes you don't know what to give as a gift. Maybe a couple of lab coats? A calculator? Or maybe The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy merch, which also has something to do with physics. One unique gift idea is science T-shirts. Not only will they make your wardrobe nerdier, the motifs and sayings on the T-shirts not only look great, they can also only be understood by real science geeks. If you show up in the lab with something like that, everyone else will definitely look at you enviously. Such a reaction would of course make you particularly proud as the gift giver of such a geeky T-shirt.

Gifts for fans of science facts and science fiction

When looking for a suitable gift, you don't have to limit yourself to the endless variety of physics gifts. If the physics nerd you're giving the gift to is also interested in science fiction and how our technology might develop in the future, then sci-fi gadgets are also a suitable, nerdy gift idea. Maybe a Star Wars mug, Doctor Who merch or a Star Trek construction kit would be just the thing to show others how enthusiastic you are about sci-fi. And if you still don't know what to give: pretty much every self-respecting nerd will be happy with something that has the number 42 on it. Just have a look around and you're guaranteed to find something like that ;).