About the book: 1958 / In the book by G. A. Gurev "Scientific foresights and religious prejudices" it is said that science helps to explain natural phenomena and social life and religion approach from completely opposite sides. The book shows how a person, as a result of knowledge of the world, acquired the ability to foresee the future and understand the meaning of unfolding events. The author popularly shows the starting points of true science - the natural patterns of natural and social phenomena and, in connection with this, reveals the falsity of one of the foundations of religion - belief in miracles. The book talks about the remarkable facts of the correct prediction of not only natural phenomena and scientific discoveries, but also social phenomena . The numerous facts presented in the book from various fields of science and religion testify to the fundamental opposition and fundamental irreconcilability of scientific and religious ideas about the world.