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Chasing Science by Frederick Pohl (revised,
updated and expanded) check out website: www.tor.com
That's not to say he hasn't visited and enjoyed the sites and museums outside the USA in his travels, even in UK gets a favourable mention, but more to so with just who the readership is likely to be. It shouldn't need any introduction as to who Frederick Pohl is although this is only the second non-fiction book he's written.
Although the intro points out that the openness of some places is likely to be more restricted since 9/11, Pohl doesn't think this should restrict if you have a desire for knowledge. This is very much a layman's book but should provide some interest to any who want to read it. The subject range is sufficient with turning out odd bits of info for anyone to discover something they hadn't dwelt on before. Throughout, Pohl demonstrates his own love of science and should be able to draw you in sufficiently to explore beyond this book. If you're a neo-writer, this is also a reasonable source book to have in your research collection wherever you are in the world. I can well see people using this book as a guide to look around the most interesting places in the world and put some feet back inside museums that are probably just around the corner from where they live and that can't be a bad thing. GF Willmetts
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OTHER REVIEWS - March 2004
Chasing Science by Frederick Pohl Wolves Of The Calla by Stephen King and illustrated by Bernie Wrighton The Mammoth Book Of Native Americans edited by Jon E. Lewis Changing Planes by Ursula Le Guin Red Star Rising: More Chronicles Of Pern by Anne McCaffrey Three Hearts And Three Lions by Poul Anderson Downward To The Earth by Robert Silverberg Buffy: Seven Crows by John Vornholt The Dragon Of Despair by Jane Lindsjold Gunpowder Empire by Harry Turtledove Barry Trotter And The Unnecessary Sequel by Michael Gerber Fitcher’s Brides by Gregory Frost Mammoth Book Of Best New Horror 2003 The Moon’s Shadow by Catherine Asaro Which Way To The Future: Selected Essays From Analog by Stanley Schmidt
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I
have to confess to not seeing the earlier edition but bearing in
mind author Pohl's travelogue of America, I suspect it really caters
more to his home market than to other parts of the world and wasn't
distributed over here. 
This
book examines his love of science and his desire to see it up close
by either visiting observatories off the beaten track to visiting
museums, conventions and lecture theatres. For each chapter of this
book, there's a certain amount of basic science and explanation
as well as where to go for first hand experience. 
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