Actually thats just Bob's copy of Chris' thesis, the book covers that plus a bunch of techniques that other people also cooked up. But the thesis covers enough stuff that it'll give you a good sense of whether or not the work is a worthwhile investment.
Be warned, what you get out of this material in terms of understanding is strictly proportional to your comfort in mathematical reasoning
Right, thats his thesis ... His blog indicates that the book has more than what's in the thesis ...