Science Gifts for the Coolest Geeks You Know

Christmas shopping is underway and time is getting short to pick out the best presents for your favorite geek. Gizmodo picked out a few of what they consider to be gifts on the level you are looking for, so browse through the list and see what tickles your fancy.

Apparently I am not a geek.

oh, klein bottle opener... i'd get one for myself, but the price is ridiculous.

Just bought the Klein bottle opener for my old man, lol (he's a math/nuc geek)

I bought a Campo de Cielo meteorite from unitednuclear.com a couple years ago (just checked...they are currently sold out). The prices in the article are ridiculous compared to what I paid. I think I paid $40 for mine but you can find smaller specimens for less. Meteorites are neat, but I don't see them being $150 worth of neat.

Also, if you ever get an iron meteorite, you can't just sit it on the shelf forever. You need to clean and oil it every 6 months - 1 year. Depending on the iron content, it will start to rust and flake away. I usually clean mine with a copper brush and then give it a couple coats of WD40, which keeps the surface from rusting for a while.

What, no Tesla coil kit?
Pffttt..................

Need a Van de Graaf generator...