Watch Mr. Wizard was an American television program for children that demonstrated the science behind ordinary things. The show's creator and on-air host was Don Herbert. Marcel LaFollette said of the ...

Before the sum totality of human knowledge was available in the palm of your hand, and subsequently ignored for the latest cat video, scientists took to television to demonstrate kid-friendly ...

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 ...

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — "Today, we are learning about chemistry. It involves substances and matter." Fifty children are captivated. Spider-Man could swing through on a web and they'd tell him to buzz ...

Don Herbert inspired many baby boomers as children and sparked an interest in science through his long-running "Mr. Wizard" television show in the 1950s and '60s. But "Mr. Wizard" had his start in La ...