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Jo Marchant

Jo Marchant
Jo Marchant is an award-winning science journalist. She has a PhD in genetics and medical microbiology, and an MSc in science communication. She has worked as an editor at New Scientist and Nature, and her articles have appeared in The Guardian, Wired, Observer, New Scientist, and Nature. Jo Marchant’s previous book, Cure, hit the New York Times bestseller hardcover nonfiction and science lists and was licensed to 27 countries. She is also author of Decoding the Heavens, which was, like Cure, shortlisted for the Royal Society Prize for Science Books.


Obsession and Desire in an Ancient Assyrian Library

Jo Marchant on the Discovery of a True Treasure
September 2, 2020  By Jo Marchant
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