Finding Your Roots Science Pioneers (Season 6, Episode 7)
TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, History

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Finding Your Roots

Science Pioneers (Season 6, Episode 7)

TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, History

Three esteemed science pioneers are featured: Francis Collins, Shirley Ann Jackson and Harold E. Varmus.

Director

Writer

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Producers

Jenny Sorin (producer) | Natalia Warchol (producer) | Elizabeth Woller (producer)

Composer

Michael Bacon (original music by)

Cinematographers

Jason Longo | Stephen McCarthy

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 4, 2020

Release date

Feb 4, 2020 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 4 nominations

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Self - Host (as Henry Louis Gates) Self - Host (as Henry Louis Gates) See fewer	12 Years a Slave (2013)
Francis Collins Self Self See fewer	Who Is America? (2018)
Shirley Ann Jackson Self Self See fewer	MIT: Regressions (2022)
Harold Varmus Self Self See fewer	Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (2015)

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