Holding up such anomalies as ESP, psychokinesis, prayer, near-death experiences, and reincarnation under the cool light of scientific scrutiny can be a daunting task. Dean Radin, director of the Consciousness Research Laboratory at the University of Nevada, rises to the challenge in the pioneering and exhaustively researched The Conscious Universe. Fans of The X-Files will need no further convincing, but for the remaining skeptics, this easy-to-read mix of history, scientific evidence, and proclamations ("When modern science began about three hundred years ago, one of the consequences of separating mind and matter was that science slowly lost its mind.") will authenticate the existence of psychic phenomena.

Radin creates two categories: the perceiving of objects or events beyond our ordinary sense capabilities and the triggering or influencing of action through mental powers. Radin aims to present simply and clearly the basic elements from science, psychology, and physics that prove the existence psychic phenomena. Given the tacit acceptance of psychic phenomena as "real," why do both government and mainstream science repudiate the claims and the evidence, yet continue to exploit them?

The Conscious Universe challenges our most basic assumptions about reality, those that exist in both the upper echelons of science and in the basic daily interactions. It’s a mind-bending exploration of how and what we see.

迪恩•雷丁博士（Dean Radin, PhD）是加州博塔卢玛智力研究所实验室主任。十年来，他在贝尔实验室和通用电话电子公司实验室工作，研究先进的通讯系统。近二十年来，他在普林斯顿大学、爱丁堡大学、内华达大学和区间研究所、边界研究所斯坦福国际研究所三大硅谷智囊团研究心理现象。在斯坦福，他为美国政府精密分类研究心理现象。雷丁以前写过三部书，包括获奖作品《意识宇宙》。雷丁博士应邀在全世界各地举行心理现象讲座。例如，哈佛、普林斯顿、剑桥卡文迪什实验室、英国科学促进联盟、美国统计协会、葡萄牙里斯本医学会、伦敦皇家艺术协会。

《意识宇宙》 （THE CONSCIOUS UNIVERSE ）已经八次再版，在亚马逊网站名列畅销榜首，此后一直名列前二十位。《意识宇宙》 （THE CONSCIOUS UNIVERSE ）获得科学和医学网（Scientific and Medical Network ）1997年图书奖，1997年语言学最佳图书奖。