Souvenirs for scientists
I love these Matryoshka dolls: Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Sagan and Hawking
Matryoshka dolls are great ornaments – and kids, especially the very young ones, love to play with them. I have been aware that the whole idea of these traditional dolls has been extended to produce sets of politicians, for example, as souvenirs. However, this is the first set I have seen of scientists.
A great idea – along the lines of standing on the shoulders of giants. Just the thing for a scientist’s desk.
Now, I wonders of there are sets for biologists,chemists, mathematicians, . . .
Thanks to Rachana Bhatawdekar @astrogeek03
Thanks also to Darcy who hunted down the original source. These dolls were constructed by Nate Bellegarde as a gift for his girlfriend who was majoring in astronomy. He talks about it on his post Astronomatryoshkas
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After some digging I found the source of these (‘cos apparently proper attribution is tricky in the twitterverse).
They are a one off gift by one of the artistic bent for his girlfriend.
http://fetorpse.blogspot.co.nz/2011/03/astronomatryoshkas.html
not commercially available.
Liked one of the comments though:
If I have seen further it is by standing inside the intestines of Giants (Isaac Newton)
Thanks for hunting them down, Darcy. I’ll include the link in the post
What!?! No Einstein? 🙁