Experiment
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007
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content: Mr. Wizard Papers
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content: Mr. Wizard Papers / Series 6: Educational Programs/Projects
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1963-2003
label: Date
content: bulk 1963-1966
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1326, Subseries 6.5
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Experiment was a science program produced, co-written and hosted by Don Herbert in 1962 which debuted in 1966 with funding from the National Science Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The series aired on National Educational Television and was produced by Prism Productions, Inc. Each program focused on a scientist and discussed the problems each scientist faced during the research and discovery phase. Don Herbert narrated and illustrated the series using specially built models and demonstrations.  The films were also available for purchase and rental. The materials consist of scripts, photographs, contact sheets and negatives, notes, and transcripts of interviews conducted with some of the scientists featured.  Release forms for the "Weather by Numbers" program exist.