Yeah, I think it's a decent book, but not pitched towards those knowledgeable in most of these fields at all. Of course the target audience is the general interested public, so my lowish rating is personal and does not reflect the content.

A number of well selected and researched topics covering a wide range of fields - well rounded in general. I found the humor dispersed through to be more comic relief rather that funny - this may have been a conscious choice, since the subject matter may get daunting for those readers coming across some of these concepts for the first time. My feeling however was that it was mostly cringeworthy all but once or twice.

There were some excellent Nota Bene however. If you're generally well read in the technosphere and happen across this book - skim through and read those for sure.