Abstract
Attempt is made by the author to reshape the image of famous scientist, citizen and thinker K.A. Timiryazev, and thus to demonstrate that the path of science is the path towards the truth.
Keywords
- science
- natural science
- democracy
- enlightenment
- world view
- humanism
- truth
- evolution
- dialectics
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