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Main Title Forgotten genius /
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Smith, Llewellyn,
Lyons, Stephen,
Vance, Courtney B.,
Santiago-Hudson, Ruben,
Publisher WGBH Boston Video,
Year Published 2007
OCLC Number 82369657
ISBN 1593756828; 9781593756826; 159375681X; 9781593756819
Subjects African American chemists--Biography ; African American scientists--Biography ; Chemistry--History--20th century ; Pharmaceutical chemistry ; Prejudices ; Chemistry, Pharmaceutical ; Cortisone--chemical synthesis ; Physostigmine--chemical synthesis ; United States ; African American chemists--United States--Biography ; African American scientists--United States--Biography ; Chemistry, Pharmaceutical--United States--Biography ; African Americans--United States--Biography ; Cortisone--chemical synthesis--United States ; Physostigmine--chemical synthesis--United States ; Prejudice--United States
Additional Subjects Julian, Percy Lavon,--1899-1975
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/julian/
Holdings
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Status
EJAM  QD22.J8F67 2007 BEPAC Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA 01/12/2015
Collation 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally broadcast as a special episode of the television series Nova on February 6, 2007. Special DVD-ROM features: Teaching materials in PDF format and a link to the NOVA web site.
Contents Notes
Presents the story of Percy Julian's scientific breakthroughs and a biography of his life with period reenactments based on newly opened family archives and interviews with dozens of colleagues and relatives.