Charles C. Mann
Charles C. Mann (born 1955)[1] is an American journalist and author, specializing in scientific topics. He currently lives in Amherst, Massachusetts with his wife and children.[2]
He is the coauthor of four books, and contributing editor for Science, Atlantic Monthly, and "Wired". He has also written for "Fortune", "The New York Times", "Smithsonian", "Technology Review", "Vanity Fair", and "The Washington Post".[3] In 2005 he wrote 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, followed in 2011 by 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus won the National Academies Communication Award for best book of the year. He is a three-time "National Magazine Award" finalist and a recipient of writing awards from the American Bar Association, the American Institue of Physics, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Lannan Foundation.[4]
[edit] Bibliography
- (With Mark L. Plummer) The Aspirin Wars: Money, Medicine, and 100 Years of Rampant Competition, Harvard Business School Press, 1991
- (With Robert P. Crease) The Second Creation: Makers of the Revolution in 20th-Century Physics, 1986; rev. ed., 1995
- (With Mark L. Plummer) Noah’s Choice: The Future of Endangered Species, 1995
- (With David H. Freedman) @ Large: The Strange Case of the World's Biggest Internet Invasion, 1997
- 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, Knopf, 2005
- "Our Good Earth: The future rests on the soil beneath our feet; Can we save it?" National Geographic, September 2008. 80-107.
- 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created, Knopf, 2011
[edit] Notes
- ^ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF) .
- ^ "Charles C. Mann: Biography". http://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm/author_number/1198/charles-c-mann. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ Mann, Charles C. (2011). 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 537: A Note About the Author. ISBN 978-0-307-26572-2.
- ^ Mann, Charles C. (2011). 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 537: A Note About the Author. ISBN 978-0-307-26572-2.
[edit] External links
- Charles Mann's website
- interview
- Works by or about Charles C. Mann in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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