Jo Marchant
Author · 7 books
Dr Jo Marchant is an award-winning science journalist based in London. She has a PhD in genetics and medical microbiology from St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College in London, and an MSc in Science Communication (with a dissertation in evidence-based medicine) from Imperial College London. She has worked as an editor at New Scientist and at Nature, and her articles have appeared in publications including The Guardian, Wired UK, The Observer Review, New Scientist and Nature. Her radio and TV appearances include BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week and Today programmes, CNN and National Geographic. She has lectured around the world. Her book Decoding the Heavens was shortlisted for the 2009 Royal Society Prize for Science Books.
Series
Books
The Shadow King
The Bizarre Afterlife of King Tut's Mummy
2013
The Human Cosmos
2020
Spazio
2021
In Search of Now
The Science of the Present Moment
2026
Decoding the Heavens
A 2,000-Year-Old Computer and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets
2009
Cure
A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body
2016
A la luz de las estrellas
Cómo la relación del hombre con el cosmos ha influido en el arte, la fe, la ciencia y la sociedad
2022
