<p>In 'The Science of Getting Rich', Wallace D. Wattles provides a philosophical approach to achieving wealth, eschewing the cutthroat nature of competitive doctrines in favor of a focus on personal creation and the harnessing of one's thought processes. The book is steeped in the New Thought tradition, which posits that a positive mindset can dramatically affect an individual's personal and financial circumstances. Wattles's prose is pragmatic a...