M. : Science, 1965. — 218 s. This book is devoted to a central theme in scientific-atheistic propaganda; it reveals the irreconcilable conflict between science and religion. On concrete facts from different fields of natural science (especially astronomy, physics, biology), the author shows the ongoing struggle around the scientific and philosophical problems of atheism. Much attention is paid to the relationship to the science of various areas of Christianity, as well as attempts to reconcile or combine science and religion, which indicates a deep crisis in the religious worldview. Biblical ideas about the universe, about life, about man recede under the onslaught of science There is no place for faith in miracles, the assumption of the “hypothesis” of God, the idea of creating nature from “nothing”, the theories of the first impulse, the heat death of the universe, etc. d. This book will help the reader to understand the most important scientific and philosophical issues, will help to develop the right materialistic worldview.