Jewels in a test tube : biochemist Lynda Jordan / WGBH/Boston.

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Profiles the career of Afro-American biochemist Lynda Jordan. Raised in a low-income housing project, she received her Ph. D. from M.I.T. and is a tenured professor researching a key enzyme associated with human birth.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	WGBH collection.
Corporate Authors:	WGBH Educational Foundation Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Other Authors:	Smith, Yvonne (Producer) Pfeiffer, Michelle, 1957-
Language:	English
Series:	WGBH collection.
Subjects:	Jordan, Lynda. Biochemists > United States > Biography. Women biochemists > United States > Biography. African American women chemists > Biography. African American women scientists > Biography. Biographical television programs. Science television programs. Nonfiction television programs.
Genre:	Biography. Biographical television programs. Science television programs. Nonfiction television programs.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Biochemist Lynda Jordan Lynda Jordan
Format:	Video DVD

Description
Summary:	Profiles the career of Afro-American biochemist Lynda Jordan. Raised in a low-income housing project, she received her Ph. D. from M.I.T. and is a tenured professor researching a key enzyme associated with human birth.
Note:	Originally broadcast on the PBS television program, Discovering women. Digitized for preservation purposes from VHS version published in 1995 by Films for the Humanities & Sciences. Description based on VHS version record. Videorecording.
Call Number:	QP511.8.J67 J4 1995a VideoDVD
Credits:	Producer, Yvonne Smith ; executive producer, Judith Vecchione ; narrator, Michelle Pfeiffer.
System Details:	Burned DVD (DVD-R), all regions, NTSC format.
Participant or Performer:	Narrator, Michelle Pfeiffer.