A few hours after receiving the Council for Elementary Science International’s Science Advocate Award and a standing ovation from 1,000 science teachers in 2000, Don Herbert was asked to pull a water ...

Shamari Eason’s eyes opened wide and his jaw dropped a bit as he realized the feat he had willingly taken on was more than he bargained for. Try as he might, the healthy 10- year-old couldn’t break ...

There are two things I will remember Mr. Wizard (a.k.a. Don Herbert) for: 1. He was responsible for my mother beating my ass when I tried one of his experiments (It was the one where you suspend a ...

Don Herbert, who as television's "Mr. Wizard" introduced generations of young viewers to the joys of science, died Tuesday. Herbert was 89. By The Associated Press Don Herbert, who as television’s “Mr ...

In “Watch Mr. Wizard,” which was produced from 1951 to 1964 and received a Peabody Award in 1954, Herbert turned TV into an entertaining classroom. Don Herbert, who as television’s “Mr. Wizard” ...