Need chemistry and calculus gift ideas =)

[end3r7]

My chem and calculus teachers are both turning 50 this year, so we are planning a party for both.

I just wanted good ideas for gifts that relate to what they teach. And I'd rather have good gifts than cheap gifts (They are really cool, and a bunch of ppl are helping to pay for it).

Any help is greatly appreciated. =)

 

[arildno]

For your calculus teacher, try to get hold of a planimeter.
The planimeter is a neat mechanical device developed in the early 19th century to compute the area of of a planar region (that's sort of connected to the mathematical technique of integration..)

Here's one link:
http://persweb.wabash.edu/facstaff/footer/Planimeter/PLANIMETER.HTM

Here's a link to an online auction firm on one of the planimeters on sale:
http://antiques.search.ebay.com/pla...ZQQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ2QQsbrftogZ1QQsofocusZbs

 

[courtrigrad]

What about some of the classic calculus books by Michael Spivak, Richard Courant, or Tom Apostol? I bet your teacher would love those.

 

[Mk]

Get him this, he'll love it: http://www.econ.kuleuven.be/public/ndbaf47/Wallpapers/Pagani/Pagani-Zonda-F-13-1024.jpg

 

[ShawnD]

Get this for the chemistry teacher
http://framer.barewalls.com/frames/bw/61/61105,61202,61602/27.5/19.75/closeup/h3MA745c.jpg

It's a quantum joke.

 

[end3r7]

Get him this, he'll love it: http://www.econ.kuleuven.be/public/ndbaf47/Wallpapers/Pagani/Pagani-Zonda-F-13-1024.jpg

lol

Thanks for the ideas guys. :)


ShawnD,
I don't get it.

 

[mrjeffy321]

Ceci n'est pas une pipe

It translates into, "This is not a pipe", in French I think. But even knowing what it means, I still don't get it either.

 

[ShawnD]

It's not a pipe. It's a picture of a pipe.

 

[DeadWolfe]

For the calculus teacher, get him what ever mathematician needs: http://www.kleinbottle.com/