The Elements - A Perfect Coffee Table Book for Nerds

[3pt14159]

http://zachaysan.tumblr.com/post/315148493/the-elements-a-perfect-coffee-table-book-for-nerds

[DrJokepu]

I thought he meant Euclid's Elements - now that's an awesome book. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclids_Elements (the link doesn't work because HN removes the apostrophe from hyperlinks for some reason)

[3pt14159 → DrJokepu]

I've read that in Grade 12, really opened my eyes on a ton of things.

[NathanKP]

It looks like a very high quality book for only $20, according to Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1579128149?ie=UTF8&tag=...

[biotech]

There is an interesting piece about Plutonium. It seems that Plutonium Batteries were used in some pacemakers. Here's the link: http://www.periodictable.com/Items/094.3/index.qt.html

[wrs]

And I guess the perfect companion gift would be found here: http://www.element-collection.com/

[albertsun]

New goal: Collect a sample of every element. =P

[dgordon → albertsun]

After poking around the site posted by wrs, I found:

http://www.element-collection.com/html/coffee_table.html

Forget books, here's an element coffee table!

[jrockway → albertsun]

Easy if you have a tank of hydrogen and a few stars.

[sabat]

If you like this book, consider looking at The Math Book by Cliff Pickover; it's similarly awesome and amazingly illustrated. Video review of it here: http://www.youtube.com/user/joannelovesscience#p/u/19/BDCFms...

edit: P.S., I am not associated with Cliff and am not spamming for him. :-)