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Can one think and believe with one and the same brain?

Stanisław Jerzy Lec

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In this article, a renowned Russian academician discusses the place of religion in society and its relationships with science and education. These problems, playing an important part in the development of our country, are interpreted from different positions. The author outlines his consistent atheistic views here as a representative of the scientific community.

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  1. Yu. G. Leonov
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Original Russian Text © Yu. G. Leonov, 2011, published in Vestnik Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, 2011, Vol. 81, No. 3, pp. 254–265.

Academician Yurii Georgievich Leonov is an RAS advisor.

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Leonov, Y.G. Religion-science-education. Her. Russ. Acad. Sci. 81, 157–167 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1019331611020080

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