Leon Jaroff

Leon Morton Jaroff (February 27, 1927 – October 20, 2012) was an American science writer and editor. He is credited with convincing Time Inc. to publish the science-based ''Discover'' magazine, of which he was the founding editor. After four years, he left ''Discover'' for an editor's position with ''Time'' Magazine. Jaroff's medical, scientific, behavioral and environmental stories were featured on ''Time's'' cover over 40 times. His 1992 ''Time'' cover story "The Iceman's Secrets: the discovery of a frozen Stone Age man yields new clues about life in 3300 B.C." ranked second in overall sales for that year. Jaroff also wrote ''The New Genetics: The Human Genome Project and Its Impact on the Practice of Medicine''. Provided by Wikipedia