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He took on powerful, entrenched interests in the scientific establishment and overcame countless obstacles to become a world-class chemist, a self-made millionaire and a humanitarian. Despite his achievements, Percy Julian's story is largely unknown. The grandson of Alabama slaves, Julian broke the color barrier in American science more than a decade before Jackie Robinson did in baseball. A brilliant innovator, he discovered a way to turn soybeans into synthetic steroids on an industrial scale, helping to make drugs like cortisone available to millions. In Forgotten Genius, NOVA brings Julian's scientific breakthroughs and gripping biography to life, with vivid period reenactments based on newly opened family archives and interviews with dozens of colleagues and relatives.
BRAND : PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
GENRE : TELEVISION: PBS
MANUFACTURER : PUBLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM
PRODUCT TYPE : DVD
PRODUCT TYPE : DVD
RATING : NR
RATING : NR
RELEASE DATE : 6-MAR-2007
RETURNS ACCEPTED? : YES
RUNTIME : 116
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