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Jo Marchant

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Bio

Dr Jo Marchant is an award-winning science journalist. She has a PhD in genetics and medical microbiology from St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, London, and an MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College. She has worked as an editor at New Scientist and Nature, and her articles have appeared in the GuardianWiredObserverNew York Times and Washington Post. She is the author of Decoding the Heavens, shortlisted for the Royal Society Prize for Science Books, and Cure, shortlisted for the Royal Society Prize for Science Books and longlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize.

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Jo Marchant Books

The School Premises Handbook: a guide for premises staff, business managers, headteachers and governors book cover

The School Premises Handbook: a guide for premises staff, business managers, headteachers and governors

Jo Marchant MBE
The Human Cosmos book cover

The Human Cosmos

Jo Marchant
Brainology - The Curious Science of Our Minds book cover

Brainology - The Curious Science of Our Minds

Will Storr
Cure book cover

Cure

Jo Marchant
Nothing book cover

Nothing

Jeremy Webb
The Shadow King book cover

The Shadow King

Jo Marchant
Decoding the Heavens book cover

Decoding the Heavens

Jo Marchant
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