Southwest Science Guide is a 3 volume set of Kindle e-books containing information about over 500 locations around the American Southwest. For the purposes of the guide, the Southwest is defined as 6 states including Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. The locations are representative of over a dozen different areas of science, and should be of interest not only to scientists, but to their families, friends and even the general public. The books have been designed exclusively from the beginning to be used on computers, tablets, smart phones and e-readers and should be readable on any device that supports the Kindle e-reader app, including Apple products, Android and iPhones, Mac and Windows PC's/tablets/laptops as well as e-book readers. They are on the vanguard of a new generation of means for the dissemination of information. Because they are published in electronic form, they are not limited in size or scope, and incorporate features unavailable in printed matter: features such as hyperlinks, for example. There are thousands of hyperlinks in the set. The areas of science included in these books are: Anthropology, Archaeology, Architecture, Astronomy, Biology, Botany, Computers, Energy, Geology, Marine Biology, Medicine, Nuclear Physics, Oceanography, Paleontology, Space science, Transportation and Zoology. The kinds of locations include Aquariums, Botanic Gardens, Museums, National Parks, National Monuments, Observatories, Planetariums, State Parks, Theme Parks, Zoos and a number of sites that are hard to categorize. The listings in the books are in the following format: The site name, which is hyperlinked to the official web page for the site, A photograph which has been selected based on its informative content as well as its aesthetic beauty, A “Photo by” citation hyperlinked to the photographer's copyright information, “Additional Information,” which, in most cases is hyperlinked to a Wikipedia article about the site, “Additional Photos,” which, in most cases is hyperlinked to a collection of as many as several hundred photos of the site, And, finally, some general information text about the site which is designed to give the reader enough information to let them decide if they would like to visit. Note that unlike most travel guides, these guides do not include volatile information such as directions, hours of operation, admission fees, etc., because the most current data of this type can be found on the official web page of the site, which is easily accessed via the site name hyperlink. Volume I – The Cities The first volume, “The Cities,” focuses on almost 240 sites in and around the major cities of the Southwest which include: Albuquerque – 22 sites, Denver – 23 sites, Los Angeles – 78 sites, Phoenix – 21 sites, San Diego – 30 sites, San Francisco – 64 sites. Total = 238 sites. The sites are grouped into the following general scientific categories: Architecture – sites of particular interest because of their unique, trend setting and/or aesthetically pleasing characteristics, Animals – Zoos, Aviaries, Aquariums, etc., Botanic Gardens – which are of particular interest to horticulturists, scientific illustrators, biologists, etc., Miscellaneous – Observatories, Parks and Monuments, sites of unusual interest, etc, Museums – Children's Museums, Natural History Museums, Science Museums, Technology – tours of scientifically interesting but hard to categorize sites, Theme Parks – although of only minimal scientific interest, the family may need a break. Transportation – Planes, Trains and Automobiles.