Best Science Gifts 2012

It's too bad that the best kind of element — the element of surprise — isn't charted on the periodic table. Gift the science geek in your life when he or she least expects it with clever (and practical!) presents saluting the natural and physical sciences.

From a Marie Curie bobblehead that glows in the dark, naturally, to a cocktail chemistry mixology set, we've got everything you'll need to make the mad scientists on your holiday shopping list smile (or better yet, "muahaha").