Each entry in the book is about 3 or 4 pages long.
There are 1 or 2 pages that tell you the name, the city and country that is located in, as well its GPS coordinates, and the significance of the place. Another 1 or 2 pages give you a brief primer on a related piece of science or technology.
For example, the 15th entry is for Musee Curie in Paris, France, where Marie Curie worked with radioactive materials. The book tells you briefly what they did at the laboratory, as well as the artifacts that have been preserved there. The additional material explains how small radioactive sources in household smoke detectors detect smoke.
With so many places included, it is likely you'll find something worth visiting. There are some that are well-known, like the Kennedy Space Center, or the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. There are also many obscure places for you to discover, like the Eagle Pub where James Watson and Francis Crick announced their discovery of DNA. Even if you don't have the chance to visit all of these places, they are almost certainly worth reading about.
Check back here in the future and I'll post a review once I've had a chance to read through this book.
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