FORGOTTEN GENIUS
Narrated by Courtney B. Vance
Starring
Tony Award-winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Percy Julian
Tuesday,
February 6 at 8pm ET/PT on NOVA
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NOVA
presents the remarkable life story of Percy Julian—one of the
great African American scientists of the 20th century. The grandson
of Alabama slaves, Julian won worldwide acclaim for his work in
organic chemistry and broke the color barrier in American science
more than a decade before Jackie Robinson did so in baseball. A
brilliant chemist, Julian discovered a way to turn soybeans into
synthetic steroids on an industrial scale. His innovative approach to
chemistry helped to make drugs like cortisone widely
available.
In "Forgotten Genius," a
special two-hour presentation, NOVA brings to life Julian's
scientific breakthroughs and gripping biography, with vivid period
reenactments based on newly accessible family archives and interviews
with dozens of colleagues and relatives.
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"Forgotten Genius" is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the
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