The Wizard and the Prophet
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover boards. Fine / Dust jacket in Fine condition. Item #5367
ISBN: 9780307961693
A First Edition (so stated), First Printing, signed in person by science writer Charles C. Mann in ink across the title page. Book is clean and tightly bounded without flaws or internal markings, in Fine/As New condition. Dust jacket with price intact, very small area of residue to front, else Fine/As New condition. Uncommon signed.
Mann explores the ideas of Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug, whose “Green Revolution” provided increased yields in the fight against hunger and William Vogt, who explored and questioned resource use and ecological destruction, which he wrote about in his 1948 book, “The Road to Survival. In an interesting 2018 interview ”The “Breakthrough Institute” spoke with Charles C. Mann about the legacies of these two men, as well as the complex ideas in his book.
Charles C. Mann joined forces with authors Neal Stephenson, Mark Teppo, Ellis Amdur and illustrators Dean Kotz and Rober Sammelin to created the graphic novel “Cimarronin: The Complete Graphic Novel” about exiled samurai Kitazume seeking redemption and honor in 17th century Spain.
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