This is a book about the life and struggle of Russian scientists in a turbulent era of our history - the end of the 20th - the beginning of the 21st century. In particular, the battles around the now widely known New Chronology are described - a scientific direction created by A. T. Fomenko and then developed jointly with G. V. Nosovsky, V. V. Kalashnikov, T. N. Fomenko. Major scientific discoveries often lie at the foundation of major social changes. For example, when it was explained to humanity that the Earth is round and not flat. Or when scientists, in a difficult struggle, proved that it is not the Sun that revolves around the Earth, but on the contrary, the Earth revolves around the Sun, contrary to the evidence. The autobiography of the famous mathematician, academician A. T. Fomenko throws a bright light on the “seething scientific cauldron” and is intended for a wide circle of readers , interested in the fate of major scientific ideas and misconceptions.