In 2018, Mann published The Wizard and the Prophet, which details two competing theories about the future of
agriculture,
population, and the
environment.[8][9] The titular "wizard" Mann refers to is
Norman Borlaug, the
Nobel Peace Prize winner credited with developing the
Green Revolution and saving one billion people from starvation.[10] Mann refers to
William 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
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.
Selected articles by Mann
— (September 2008). "Our Good Earth: The Future Rests on the Soil Beneath Our Feet; Can We Save It?". National Geographic. pp. 80–107.