MR. WIZARD
If you’re over the age of 25 you probably watched Nickelodeon in the 80’s. Which means you probably watched Mr. Wizard’s World. Don Herbert was Mr. Wizard since 1951 when he started the show on NBC. And then again in 1983 on Nickelodeon. But I can not do the man justice here fortunately you can go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Wizard and read about him. I use to watch Mr. Wizard’s World every morning before school. Its were I got my love for science and asking “WHY” and wanting to know how things worked. He made it so cool and so fun that I loved it. I learned everything from the properties of helium, the uses of leavers, pulleys, wedges and wheels, and optical illusions. I really wanted to be “Jimmy” at one time. Hey I was five. On June 12 2007, Don Herbert passed away from cancer. He was one month shy from his 90th birthday. For all the young scientist who were inspired to learn, and make cool shit out of household items, we will miss you.