Let me put it this way: my axiom is aimed at people (like me) who read popular science books, skim the textbooks, and think there might be a way to make a time machine or if not that then “at least something interesting” of a similar nature.
If you have a graduate degree in quantum mechanics or work for Intel as a designer/engineer of microprocessors then yeah, you can consider yourself exempt.
I read this after someone recommended it here, you may enjoy it: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/612737/how-to-make-...
The title is inspired by that Carl Sagan quote from Cosmos, and the science is understandable for the most part by laypeople. There are science parts towards the end that I had to read a couple of times because it's just so unintuitive.