Charles C. Mann His previous books include 1491 (Vintage 2006), which won the National Academies’ Keck Award for best book of the year, and 1493 (Vintage 2012), a New York Times best-seller.

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Science writer Charles C Mann writes books that take on big topics – examining the history of aspirin and the nature of modern physics, for example. In the bestsellers 1491 and 1493 ...

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Charles Mann was born on his family's 400 acre farm, 4 miles northwest of Luverne, on April 26, 1920. He was delivered by Jim Sherman's grandfather, "Doc" Sherman. He left school after 8th grade ...