I’m grateful to Frank Wilczek for the enjoyable Reference Frame story about Don “Mr. Wizard” Herbert ( Physics Today, Physics Today 0031-9228 61 1 2008 8 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2835168 January 2008, page 8 ). I was born in 1951, and I remember watching Mr. Wizard from my earliest years. My mother is far from a science person, but she somehow knew that watching his show was a good thing for me.
Don Herbert helped make Wilczek into an acclaimed physicist and physics writer and me into a high-school physics teacher. During 34 years of teaching, I have helped numerous students learn the value and joy of scientific curiosity, thanks in part to Mr. Wizard.
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