LOS ANGELES – Don Herbert, who as television’s “Mr. Wizard” introduced generations of young viewers to the joys of science, died Tuesday. He was 89. Herbert, who had bone cancer, died at his suburban ...

Long before Bill Nye the Science Guy, How Stuff Works and Mythbusters, there was Mr. Wizard. Don Herbert, who was Mr. Wizard, passed on yesterday at 89. If you are over a certain age, you will ...

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 ...

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.

At the very same time during the 1950s that some young women wondered why they should study science when all they wanted to do was get married, and magazines aimed at teen girls and women did their ...

In his groundbreaking TV series from the 1950s and 60s Peabody Award winner Don Herbert better known as Mr Wizard introduces the preteen set to the wonders of science Demonstrating inventive ...

Los Angeles - Don Herbert, who as television's "Mr. Wizard" introduced generations of young viewers to the joys of science, died Tuesday. He was 89. Herbert, who had bone cancer, died at his suburban ...