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Mr. Wizard Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions.

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Long before Ben Heck brought his brand of science to Internet television, Don Herbert (1917-2007) as Mr. Wizard brought general science experiments to broadcast television and later to cable. Aired on ...

Don Herbert was "Mr. Wizard," an educator who loved spectacle as much as he loved science. Smithsonian Archives Center, National Museum of American History It's an open argument of who was more famous ...

LOS ANGELES — Don Herbert, who explained the wonderful world of science to millions of young baby boomers on television in the 1950s and ’60s as “Mr. Wizard” and did the same for a later generation of ...

Don Herbert, who as television’s “Mr. Wizard” introduced generations of young viewers to the joys of science, died Tuesday of bone cancer in Bell Canyon, Calif. He was 89. “He really taught kids how ...

A quick, sad note: Don Herbert, better known as Mr. Wizard, passed away today. Mr. Wizard introduced several generations to science with his televised experiments. Though he hasn't been in the public ...

The children’s educational series Watch Mr. Wizard — which ended its original NBC run 60 years ago, on June 27, 1965 — introduced countless TV viewers to the wonders of science. And that’s a credit to ...