16 Christmas Gifts For The Science Nerd In Your Life

6. Marie Curie Bobblehead

Pay tribute to the mother of radioactivity with the highest honour us modern buffoons can bestow on a person: A bobblehead. Marie Curie pioneered research into radioactivity, winning the Nobel prize not once, but twice, making her the first person and the only woman to ever achieve such a feat. She discovered two elements, radium and polonium, and even coined the term "radioactivity" itself. She ultimately gave her life to her research, dying at the age of 66 of aplastic anemia brought on by exposure to radiation from the X-ray units she set up during WWII and carrying test tubes of raduim in her pockets. This bobblehead stands at 7 inches tall, comes in a collector's box and, er, glows in the dark. Not sure if that's in bad taste or not. Get it here.