Books by Charles C. Mann
Found 4 books
Self-recommending, and I am delighted to again express my enthusiasm for Charles’s new The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow’s World . Here is Bill Easterly’s enthusiastic WSJ review of the book .
The author is Charles C. Mann, and the subtitle is Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow’s World . What a splendid book, this is, all rolled into one the reader receives two distinct biographies, a history of mid-20th century environmental science, a book on technological progress in agriculture, and one of the best overall frameworks for thinking about environmentalism.
You can pre-order here .
The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow’s World
I am of course excited about this, as his 1491 and 1493 are two of my favorite books:
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus , by Charles C. Mann, is one of my favorite books ever, in any field. And now there is a “sequel,” namely 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created , due out in August. Excerpt:
Here , or try Charles Mann’s 1491 , one of my favorite books. Try reading him on the selective breeding of corn, still one of mankind’s most impressive scientific feats. Or :
I am of course excited about this, as his 1491 and 1493 are two of my favorite books:
That is from Mann’s forthcoming book 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created , reviewed enthusiastically here .
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus , by Charles C. Mann, is one of my favorite books ever, in any field. And now there is a “sequel,” namely 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created , due out in August. Excerpt: