Science History Coloring Book - a Surprise Castle exclusive

24 hand-illustrated scenes from the long history of discovery, from Newton's apple tree to a NASA flag on the moon.

Open the notebook. Pick up the pencil.

A hand-drawn adult coloring book, 24 scenes that run from naturalist field studies and chemistry labs to telephone bells and DNA helices. The pace is set by the slow drip of an experiment and the steady scratch of a lab notebook, not the next notification.

Step under the apple tree where a scholar reads with fruit hanging overhead — Newton at his ease. Walk to a bearded naturalist holding a pea plant — Mendel in the field. Pull up to a man with telescope on a ship's deck under a crescent moon. Then to a scientist examining a circular planetary model.

The pages keep moving. A woman in a lab holding a glowing jar — Curie at her radium. An elderly naturalist outdoors holding a small bird. A bearded man holding a spherical flask upward. A scientist examining a plant specimen with a microscope.

Wander through the breakthroughs. A man pointing at a space-time diagram — Einstein with his model. A young aviation enthusiast beside an early airplane. A bearded man using an early telephone device. An inventor holding an incandescent bulb.

Keep going. A man with a Tesla coil producing electrical lightning. A man at a desk drawing planetary orbits. A chemist examining element cards spelling chemical symbols. Two scientists discussing a DNA double helix. A woman researcher at a magnifying mirror. A man at an ornate microscope. A scientist demonstrating an electromagnetic apparatus. An adult teaching a child chemistry with mercury and oxygen. A chemist working a laboratory balance scale. A researcher examining petri dishes — bacterial cultures. An astronaut planting a flag on the moon. And to close, a space shuttle and satellite orbiting above Earth.

There's a reason coloring sticks around. It gives a busy mind somewhere to land, and in this case that somewhere is the helix of a DNA strand or the bell of an early telephone. Some pages are bold and forgiving. Others will eat a whole afternoon. Works fine with colored pencils, fine-tip markers, or gel pens.

If you know someone with a stack of James Gleick books, a friend who's read every Mary Roach essay, or a high-school chemistry teacher with a periodic-table mug, this is for them. It's also for the person who'd quietly rather shade a chemistry lab on a Saturday than scroll.

Open the notebook.

Inside you'll find 24 scenes: Newton under the apple tree, Mendel with a pea plant, a man with telescope on a ship's deck, a scientist with a planetary model, Marie Curie with a glowing jar, a naturalist with a small bird, a bearded man with a spherical flask, a scientist with a plant specimen and microscope, Einstein at his space-time diagram, a young man beside an early airplane, a bearded man using an early telephone, Edison with an incandescent bulb, a Tesla coil producing lightning, a man drawing planetary orbits, a chemist with element cards, two scientists with a DNA helix, a woman with a magnifying mirror, a man at an ornate microscope, an electromagnetic apparatus demonstration, an adult teaching a child chemistry, a chemist with a laboratory balance, a researcher examining petri dishes, an astronaut planting a flag on the moon, and a space shuttle orbiting Earth.