In 2018, Mann publishedThe Wizard and the Prophet, which details two competing theories about the future ofagriculture,population, and theenvironment.[8][9] The titular "wizard" Mann refers to isNorman Borlaug, theNobel Peace Prize winner credited with developing theGreen Revolution and saving one billion people from starvation.[10] Mann refers toWilliam Vogt, an early proponent of population control, as the "prophet".[11]
(with Robert P. Crease)The Second Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Twentieth-Century Physics, 1st ed., New York: Macmillan, 1986; rev. ed., New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996
(with Mark L. Plummer)The Aspirin Wars: Money, Medicine, and 100 Years of Rampant Competition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991
(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
UK publication:1493: How the Ecological Collision of Europe and the Americas Gave Rise to the Modern World,Granta Books, 2011
Adaptation for children:1493 for Young People: From Columbus's Voyage to Globalization,Seven Stories Press, 2015.
Mann, Charles C. (January 2018).The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World. New York: Knopf.ISBN978-0-307-96169-3.
— "Research in Reverse: When scientists make sharp 180-degree turns in their thinking, it is often for one of two particular reasons",Scientific American, vol. 333, no. 2 (September 2025), pp. 38–42.
