Funny Gifts for Nurses and Science Teachers
A good gift for a nurse or a science teacher is a shirt with a real healer or scientist and a joke they will recognize. Honeyman Tees shows Florence Nightingale, Clara Barton, Hippocrates and a lineup of scientists and inventors as cute chibi storybook-watercolor characters with a speech-bubble joke, and each design includes the true story behind it. They suit nurses, nursing students, medical students, science teachers and STEM teachers. Every shirt is printed to order, with production taking 3-10 days, and ships free to US addresses. That makes it an easy gift for Nurses Week, teacher appreciation or a birthday.
Isaac Newton T-shirt
“Sure, the apple hit me. You're welcome, physics.”
Isaac Newton said in his old age that watching an apple fall helped set him thinking about gravity, and in 1687 he published his laws of motion and universal gravitation.
Nikola Tesla T-shirt
“I had the current idea first.”
In the late 1880s, Nikola Tesla's alternating current (AC) system competed with direct current (DC) in the so-called War of the Currents, and AC went on to power the world.
Galileo T-shirt
“Told you so. Sincerely, the Earth.”
Galileo used his telescope to support the idea that the Earth moves around the Sun, and he was put on trial for it in 1633.
Marie Curie T-shirt
“Radiating main character energy.”
Marie Curie discovered the elements polonium and radium, and she was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes, in physics in 1903 and chemistry in 1911.
Charles Darwin T-shirt
“I evolved past this meeting.”
Charles Darwin studied finches and other animals on the Galapagos Islands in 1835, and in 1859 he published his theory of evolution by natural selection.
Gregor Mendel T-shirt
“It's not drama. It's genetics.”
Gregor Mendel was a friar who grew thousands of pea plants in his monastery garden in Brno between 1856 and 1863. He published the basic rules of inheritance in 1866, and his work was not widely recognized until the early 1900s.
Nicolaus Copernicus T-shirt
“Not everything revolves around you. Literally.”
In 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus published his case that the Earth and the other planets travel around the Sun, not the other way around.
Louis Pasteur T-shirt
“Wash your hands. I'm begging you.”
Louis Pasteur showed in the 1860s that germs cause spoilage and disease, work that helped convince doctors to clean their hands and their tools.
Inventor of the Light Bulb T-shirt
“I lit the room. You're welcome.”
In 1879 the inventor's team developed a practical, long-lasting electric light bulb at his lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
Ada Lovelace T-shirt
“I wrote code before computers. Flex.”
In 1843 Ada Lovelace published notes on a mechanical computer that was designed but never built, including a step-by-step method for it to calculate numbers. It is often called the first computer program.
Archimedes T-shirt
“Eureka! Also, I need a towel.”
Legend says Archimedes worked out how to measure volume while stepping into his bath, then ran through the streets of Syracuse shouting "Eureka!" without stopping to dress.
Hippocrates T-shirt
“First, do no harm. Second, coffee.”
Hippocrates, the ancient Greek physician, is called the father of medicine. The phrase "first, do no harm" is often linked to his teaching, although those exact words aren't in the Hippocratic Oath.
Hypatia T-shirt
“Math, stars, philosophy. Pick a lane? No.”
Hypatia of Alexandria, who died in 415, taught mathematics, astronomy and philosophy, and she was one of the most respected teachers of her city.
Florence Nightingale T-shirt
“Night shift? I brought my own lamp.”
During the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale made night rounds of the hospital wards at Scutari carrying a lamp, comforting soldiers in the dark.
Clara Barton T-shirt
“Retire? At 59 I was just getting started.”
Clara Barton nursed wounded soldiers on Civil War battlefields, earning the name "Angel of the Battlefield." At 59, she founded a national disaster-relief organization and led it for more than twenty years.
