Extra-Sensory Perception
by Dr. Joseph Banks Rhine

This is the publication where J. B. Rhine coined the term Extra-Sensory Perception (ESP) and reported on the results of his experiments at Duke University using the Zener symbol cards (today known as ESP cards) designed by his colleague Karl Zener during the early 1930s. The results Rhine reported were remarkable and suggested that ESP existed.

However, other academic institutes could not replicate the results. There were many problems with the experimental design Dr. Rhine used. The remarkable results he achieved were likely a combination of sensory leakage and outright cheating. One of the critics of Rhine was Martin Gardner. He wrote that Rhine repeatedly tried to replicate his work, but produced only failures that he never reported.

Nevertheless, the book is great background information for mentalists and those who perform ESP tricks. A good mentalist should be able to intelligently talk about Rhine and his experiments.

• LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
• FOREWORD
• INTRODUCTION
• PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION
• PREFACE
• PART I General Introduction
  • CHAPTER I Clarification of the Problem
  • CHAPTER II Historical Background
  • APPENDIX TO CHAPTER II
• PART II The Experimental Results
  • CHAPTER III A General Survey
  • CHAPTER IV Earlier and Minor Experiments
  • CHAPTER V A. J. Linzmayer
  • CHAPTER VI Charles E. Stuart
  • CHAPTER VII Hubert E. Pearce, Jr.
  • CHAPTER VIII Five other Major Subjects
• PART III Explanation and Discussion
  • CHAPTER IX Elimination of Negative Hypotheses
  • CHAPTER X Physical Conditions in Functioning of E.S.P.
  • CHAPTER XI Some Physiological Conditions affecting E.S.P.
  • CHAPTER XII The Psychological Conditions and Bearings of the Results
  • CHAPTER XIII E.S.P. from the Viewpoint of General Parapsychology
  • CHAPTER XIV Some General Biological Considerations
  • CHAPTER XV Summary and Concluding Remarks
  • FIRST APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XV
  • SECOND APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XV
• APPENDIX TO THE ENGLISH EDITION

1st edition 1934, 243 pages; PDF 170 pages.
word count: 80900 which is equivalent to 323 standard pages of text