As the Founder of Dianetics and Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard's discoveries on the subjects of man, the mind and spirit have helped people all over the world to better understand themselves and others. "To know life," he once wrote, "you've got to be part of life. You must get down there and look, you must get into the nooks and crannies of existence, and you must rub elbows with all kinds and types of men before you can finally establish what man is." And throughout his long and adventurous pursuit of knowledge, L. Ron Hubbard did just that, in the process also becoming one of the twentieth century's most influential authors, with more than 160 million copies of his works in worldwide circulation.