“The Checklist Manifesto” is both a meditation on the growing complexity of the world and a how-to book on coping with that complexity. Atul Gawande argues that humanity is in danger of sinking under the weight of knowledge, as scientists accumulate ever more information and the professions splinter into minute varying specialities.The Checklist Manifesto is a slim volume but it is packed with vivid writing, heart-stopping anecdotes and statistical surprises.
