Charles C. Mann
Science journalist and author
Charles C. Mann is an American journalist and author who writes about scientific subjects. He wrote 1491, a book about the Americas before Columbus.
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American Born 1955 in United States, United States
About Charles C. Mann
Charles C. Mann was born in 1955 and works as a journalist and author, with a focus on scientific subjects. He has written for Science, The Atlantic Monthly and Wired, and his articles have appeared in National Geographic, the New York Times, Vanity Fair and the Washington Post. His book 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus won a National Academies award for best book of the year in 2006. He also wrote 1493, which was a New York Times best-seller. His journalism has earned awards from the American Bar Association, the American Institute of Physics and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.