Gifts for social science fans
Know someone who loves social science? Pick their favourite topic for gift ideas, with a fact to share when they open it.
-
Communication
The average person spends about 70% of their waking hours communicating.
-
Conflict
The word "conflict" comes from the Latin "confligere," meaning "to strike together."
-
Demographics
The global median age is increasing.
-
Education
The world's first university, the University of Al Quaraouiyine, was founded in 859 CE in Fez, Morocco.
-
Governance
The ancient Greek city-state of Athens is considered by many to be the birthplace of democracy, a form of governance.
-
Identity
Identity theft is a surprisingly common crime, affecting millions annually, and not just involving financial accounts. It can also involve medical records and even social media profiles.
-
Justice
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a skilled opera singer.
-
Law
In some jurisdictions, it's illegal to own only one guinea pig; they need a companion to avoid loneliness.
-
Migration
Some monarch butterflies migrate up to 3,000 miles, a journey longer than their lifespan, meaning no single butterfly completes the entire migration. Their offspring continue the journey.
-
Politics
The longest filibuster in US Senate history lasted over 24 hours, by Strom Thurmond in 1957 against a civil rights bill.
-
Power
The word "power" has its roots in the Latin word "potentia," meaning "ability" or "capacity."
-
Urbanization
More than half the world's population now lives in urban areas.
Other interests
- Activism
- Activity
- Adventure
- Aerospace
- Agriculture
- AI
- Animal Care
- Anthropology
- Art
- Artisan
- Artist
- Astronomy
- Athlete
- Attribute
- Audio
- Author
- Automotive
- Beverage
- Biology
- Botany
- Business
- Canine
- Chemistry
- Collecting
- Commerce
- Communication
- Competition
- Computing
- Concept
- Console
- Construction
- Consulting
- Consumer Goods
- Content
- Cosmetics
- Countries
- Crafting
- Critique
- Cuisine
- Culinary
- Culture
- Dance
- Data
- Design
- Dinosaurs
- Ecology
- Economics
- Education
- Energy
- Engineering
- Entertainer
- Entertainment
- Enthusiast
- Environmental
- Ethics
- Event
- Family
- Fashion
- Feline
- Filmmaking
- Finance
- Fitness
- Food
- Format
- Franchise
- Fruit
- Game
- Gardening
- Genre
- Geography
- Geology
- Group
- Haircare
- Hardware
- Health
- Herpetology
- History
- Hobbies
- Hospitality
- Human Resources
- Humanities
- Industry
- Information
- Language
- Law
- Lifestyle
- Linguistics
- Literature
- Logistics
- Management
- Manufacturing
- Marketing
- Martial Arts
- Materials
- Media
- Medicine
- Methodology
- Music
- Paleontology
- Performance
- Person
- Pet
- Philosopher
- Philosophy
- Photography
- Physics
- Platform
- Politics
- Popular Cities
- Process
- Products
- Psychology
- Recreation
- Religion
- Repair
- Retail
- Robotics
- Science
- Security
- Self- Improvement
- Skill
- Social
- Social Justice
- Sociology
- Software
- Spice
- Sport
- Style
- Sustainability
- Systems
- Technique
- Technology
- Telecommunications
- Textiles
- Tools
- Toys
- Travel
- US Cities
- US States
- Vegetable
- Weather
- Wellness
- Work
- Zoology
The gift and book links go to Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, Braintasia earns from qualifying purchases, at no cost to you.