Welcome to your Open Textbook!
You can start reading your online book now for free. Read below for tips on getting the most out of this book, from the various formats available to navigating and taking online notes.
Ways to Get Your Book
You can buy various formats of your textbook. Check out the
Related Products box in the right margin. You can purchase a softcover version in color or black-and white and have it shipped to your door. You can buy an audio version of the complete book, or by-the-chapter. You can even buy access to a fully "formatted-for-print" version so you can choose to print what you want, when you want it.
We also offer a range of
Study Aids for sale, the quickest way to get ready for a quiz or exam. For maximum learning with minimum spending, we offer "best deal" packages - combinations of the book and study aids at deep discounts. Learn more about all of these options at right.
Ways to Navigate
There are three ways to navigate :
- Contents: click the "Contents" bar in the left margin. Select the chapter or section you want to read and jump right there.
- <Previous | Next >: at the bottom of each section you will see links that take you backward or forward one section.
- Search This Book: enter a term and you will see everywhere in the book that term is mentioned. Click right to the coverage.
Ways to Take Notes in Your Book
To take notes and save them for viewing, you will need to register. Select "Sign Up" at the top right of our site to register. After that, whenever you are logged in, you will see a "Notes" bar below the "Contents" bar. Click it to open and take a note. Choose "Share" if you want to make your notes available to other readers. Later, you can return to this page and click "MyNotes" to see your note. Or, go to "My(Flat)World" at the top of our site and click "Notes". All of the notes you have taken while reading will be organized here.
Happy learning and best of luck in your studies!
