[m0rc]

First of all, I think that the idea and the effort behind the book are a fantastic and worth undertaking.

The issue for me is that the connection between the individual topics and its relevance for Software Engineering is not clear or present (I no doubt that the author sees the relation as obvious).

I would have liked more elaboration of the relation of each topic (in a given section there can be several) with respect to SE, and its positive and negative implications for its practice.

In a similar line, the following two sources are worth reading: * Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering. I'm typically surprised when some IT person tells me that he do not even know of its existence. * IEEE Voice of Evidence Articles. They are reviews of existing evidence on various topics.