Scientists Coloring Book - a Surprise Castle exclusive

24 hand-illustrated scenes of the people behind the discoveries, from Newton under the apple tree to a Hawking-style figure observing galaxies.

Sit at the bench. Pick up the pencil.

A hand-drawn adult coloring book, 24 scenes that run from atomic models and corn-field genetics to telescope rooftops and DNA helices. The pace is set by the slow turn of a microscope dial and the steady scratch of a notebook page, not the next notification.

Step up to a scientist holding a glowing atom model against a cloudy sky. Walk to a man with magnifying glass examining a periodic table. Pull up to a bearded scientist examining corn in a field — Borlaug or McClintock. Then to a woman with glasses inspecting corn ears as DNA strands float above.

The pages keep moving. A man with curly hair operating a pump apparatus over a bird specimen — Boyle's vacuum. A Renaissance scientist observing birds in glass domes. A woman studying chimpanzees in the wild — Jane Goodall. A man at a great telescope observing galaxies.

Wander through the labs. A man at a laboratory scale weighing a flask among formulas. A bearded scientist with the periodic table — Mendeleev. A man with magnet creating field lines on a table. A bearded man with telescope and open book — Galileo.

Keep going. A scientist in a wheelchair observing telescopes and galaxies — Hawking. Two scientists examining a DNA helix. A woman with magnifying glass studying DNA strands. A man at a microscope with petri dishes. A bearded scientist with three petri dishes — Pasteur. A man examining a pea plant in a field — Mendel. A man holding a glowing light bulb — Edison among hanging bulbs. A bearded man with a telescope outdoors — Galileo. A man with two electrical-discharge cylinders — Tesla. A bearded naturalist observing kangaroo, turtle, and lizards — Darwin. A woman conducting a distillation experiment — Curie with radiation. Newton beneath the apple tree. And to close, a man with wild hair in a geometric space landscape — Einstein among black holes and stars.

There's a reason coloring sticks around. It gives a busy mind somewhere to land, and in this case that somewhere is the lens of a Tesla coil or the strand of a DNA helix. 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 poster of every Nobel laureate, a friend who's read every Walter Isaacson biography, or a kid already three deep into Cosmos, this is for them. It's also for the person who'd quietly rather shade Marie Curie on a Saturday than scroll.

Light the bunsen.

Inside you'll find 24 scenes: a scientist with a glowing atom model, a man with magnifying glass at a periodic table, a bearded scientist examining corn in a field, a woman with corn ears and DNA strands, a man with pump apparatus over a bird specimen, a Renaissance scientist with glass-dome birds, Jane Goodall studying chimpanzees, a man at a great telescope, a man weighing a flask at a laboratory scale, Mendeleev with the periodic table, a man with magnet and field lines, Galileo with telescope and open book, Hawking observing galaxies from a wheelchair, two scientists with a DNA helix, a woman with magnifying glass and DNA, a man at a microscope with petri dishes, Pasteur with three petri dishes, Mendel in a pea field, Edison with a glowing bulb, Galileo with telescope outdoors, Tesla with electrical-discharge cylinders, Darwin with kangaroo and turtle, Curie at a distillation experiment, Newton under the apple tree, and Einstein in a geometric space landscape.