The Science of Getting Rich is based upon what Wallace D. Wattles called "the Certain Way of Thinking" what is today known as Positive Thinking. Wattles and The Science of Getting Rich produced Napoleon Hill and his book Think and Grow Rich, were a major inspiration for Rhonda Byrne's bestselling book and film The Secret and continues to enlighten people around the world. "This book is pragmatical, not philosophical; a practical manual, not a treatise upon theories. It is intended for the men and women whose most pressing need is for money; who wish to get rich first, and philosophize afterward. It is for those who have, so far, found neither the time, the means, nor the opportunity to go deeply into the study of metaphysics, but who want results and who are willing to take the conclusions of science as a basis for action, without going into all the processes by which those conclusions were reached." A progressive social reformer and New Thought pioneer, Wallace D. Wattles was born in 1860 in the United States. He popularized creative-thought principles in his ground breaking classics The Science of Getting Rich, The Science of Being Great, and The Science of Being Well. An inspiration to on future generations of success writers.