Earth Science Fan Gifts

'We geochemists did very well before there were geophysicists.'

Plate tectonics is going to kill us all. Mmmmm. "Plate." Plate tectonics moves the continents 15 miles every million years. In 250 million years, there'll just be one huge continent and every coastal city will be buried under enormous mountains. We've got to do something about this. You can bring me a plate of meat.

Ants fleeing a tiny volcano

'Dr.Sall Thompson got so excited over the new spring design she took a quantum leap!'

'It's a nice idea. A bit rough around the edges but I'm sure it will evolve given time.'

Valuable business advice from some famous disruptive technologies.

"E=MC² Energy=Milk·Coffee²"

Fear/Knowledge

Though he created more than 300 products from peanuts, George Washington Carver was unable to change even one of them back into a peanut.

'Never mind inspiration. I need background material on atomic physics.'

"Waiting for the vaccine launch."

"You say it all the time, so I climbed every tree to prove it. You were right, money doesn't grow on trees."

'I pledge allegiance to the atom, and to the periodic table on which it stands, many particles indivisible, with orbitals and electrons for all.'

"You're going to have to submit to peer review eventually, Bradshaw!"

'Okay, is there anybody else whose homework ate their dog?'

"Yes Dad, I passed math and now I'm passing chemistry and physics."

'We look for a new drug, we find a virus - we look for a new virus, we find a drug...'

"I'm starting him off with a little rope theory."

Figures from 'Ascent of Man' diagram all do the Conga: 'Let's all fo the Conga, na-na-na-na ...'

"If oceans are absorbing more carbon dioxide, why isn't this water fizzy?"

Girl does mathematical equation. Man says 'Tut! Teenagers today and their problems ...'

'Mom, Dad! Look what I created in lab today!'

E=mc2.

Child drawing fish from life by putting his head in a pond.

C'mon, it'll be fun! I'll throw on some stars, pop in a few planets, drum up a life form or two, and this place will be hoppin'! The Big Shebang Theory.

"I know. Let's wait here until we evolve to an upright position. Then we could reach it."

Archimedes statue with a lever

"Quick! Act like we just developed a drug that they can sell for seven thousand dollars a pill."

Distractions Of The Great

Billy would watch his ant farm for hours on end.

"You have to believe what you're doing will lead to something valuable, even though it probably won't."

'Hey weirdo, where do you think you're going?'

'What goes up, must come down!' 'Not if you give it enough thrust, to send it flying forever across the face of the universe.'

A resourceful girl, Cynthia hoped to get credit in both Earth Sciences and Culinary Arts with her ozone layer cake.

"The amnio's fine, the sex is male, and the name is Wade."