Last-minute chemistry gifts for the scientist in your life

Still not bought a present for your chemistry-mad partner/sibling/child? You've left it late, but you've still got a couple of days left: here are some suggestions

When I was 12 I got a chemistry set for Christmas. Back then in the pre-health and safety 1980s you still got some bang for your buck. And I remember many a Saturday afternoon tucked away in my Dad's shed trying to generate them (bangs, not bucks). Come the nineties and chemistry sets still had some spice to them. Then the naughties hit and the chemistry you could buy in the toy shop dwindled under the pressure of legislation.