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{{short description|Early book by L. Ron Hubbard}}
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{{Infobox book
| name = Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science
| image = Dianetics - The Evolution of a Science.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Early edition
| author = [[L. Ron Hubbard]]
| language = English
| publisher = [[Hubbard Association of Scientologists International|Hubbard Association of Scientologists International Ltd]] (1955)
| publisher2 = [[Bridge Publications]] (2007)
| release_date = May 1955
| media_type = Print book
| pages = 
| isbn = 9781403144188
}}
'''''Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science''''' is a [[pseudoscience|pseudoscientific]] book written by [[L. Ron Hubbard]]. Originally published in May 1950 as an article in ''[[Astounding Science Fiction]]'' #234, and immediately preceding the publication of his book ''[[Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health]]'', it was expanded and republished as a 48-page book in 1955 by [[Hubbard Association of Scientologists International|Hubbard Association of Scientologists International Ltd]].{{r|atack}}<ref>''Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science'' (1955) {{OCLC|362924343}}</ref> In 2007, it was republished by [[Bridge Publications]] as a 213-page book — part of the re-release of the "basic books" of [[Scientology]].<ref name="dn2007">''Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science'' (2007) {{isbn|9781403144188}}</ref> The book is considered part of Scientology's [[Canon (basic principle)|canon]].{{r|rothstein|page=21}} 

In ''Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science'', Hubbard describes how he defined the [[reactive mind]] and developed the procedures to get rid of it. The book includes Hubbard's account of the reasoning behind his development of [[Dianetics]].<ref name="dn2007"/>{{rp|dust jacket}}

==See also==
* [[Bibliography of Scientology]]
* [[History of Dianetics and Scientology]]

==References==
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<ref name="atack">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/pieceofblueskysc00atac/ |title=A Piece of Blue Sky: Scientology, Dianetics and L. Ron Hubbard Exposed |first=Jon |last=Atack |author-link=Jon Atack |date=1990 |publisher=[[Lyle Stuart|Lyle Stuart Books]] |isbn=081840499X |ol=9429654M |page=107}}</ref>

<ref name="rothstein">{{cite book |editor1-last=Lewis |editor1-first=James R. |editor1-link=James R. Lewis (scholar) |editor2-first=Olav |editor2-last=Hammer |editor2-link=Olav Hammer |title=The Invention of Sacred Tradition |chapter=Scientology, scripture, and sacred tradition |first=Mikael |last=Rothstein |author-link=Mikael Rothstein |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=2007 |pages=18–37 |isbn=9780521864794 |doi=10.1017/CBO9780511488450.002}}</ref>

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==External links==
* Read ''[https://openlibrary.org/books/OL11638104M/Dianetics Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science]'' at Open Library
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