This book contains a very good overview of the history of technology, which should be understandable to any reader. As this book was published in the early 1990's it of course doesn't include any discussion of technological advancements made in the intervening 30 years, but I don't think this really detracts much from the book as a whole.
I really appreciated how the book is split up chapter wise. The focus on specific aspects of technology rather than a linear chronological account aids both the readability of the book and the understandability of the ideas contained within it.
Where I think I would come to a different conclusion is on the topic of the social and political conditions conducive to invention, an analytical theme which runs through most of the book. In particular I am not sure how well this approach holds up with the history of technological invention in the latter half of the twentieth century, which is when arguably invention becomes dominated by large scale state and private enterprises spread across countries with a variety of forms of social and political organisation.
Definitely a book to pick up if you are looking for a text you are almost guaranteed to learn something from.