Charles C. Mann (born 1955) is an American journalist and author, specializing in scientific topics.

[1][2] Mann has written for Fortune, The New York Times, Smithsonian, Technology Review, Vanity Fair, and The Washington Post.

[7] 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".