content: This is another great book from Robert Kanigel, who also wrote Apprentice to Genius and The Man Who Knew Infinity, among other works. Kanigel puts a tremendous amount of research and heart into these projects, and The One Best Way is no exception. I'd never actually heard of Frederick Winslow Taylor, and perhaps few people have outside of business school, but Kanigel shows that this man is a very important figure not only in the business world, but in affecting society in general. Taylor, through making the workplace more efficient, wanted to improve the lives of workers, but he may in fact have done the opposite. There is a tremendous amount of historical detail in this book; it is not a concise summary of Taylor's life but rather a thorough history of it. But it doesn't bore and is definitely a pleasure to read. Author ofAdjust Your Brain: A Practical Theory for Maximizing Mental Health.