Science and Extrasensory Perception: The History of Scientific Experiments to Uncover the Sixth Sense

Mind-reading. Foretelling the future. The ability to move objects without touching them. Being able to see distant and hidden objects with the mind. To most people, this sounds like the high points of the act of an illusionist, a person who uses trickery to baffle and confuse an audience while performing stage magic to achieve uncanny feats. But we all know these things really are impossible. Aren't they?

The concept of what has become known as Extrasensory Perception (ESP) has existed for a...