Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov is a unique figure in the history of Russian science, art and public life. An original encyclopedic scientist who anticipated many discoveries in various fields of science. A thinker who distinguished himself by a rare variety of interests: from the emergence of stars as a result of the explosion of cosmic bodies to the formation of clouds, from vector calculus to the theory of relativity, from processes taking place in the center of the globe to aeronautics, from ancient and medieval history to the results of science of the 20th century. A talented writer and poet, a wonderful teacher, publicist, who did a lot to popularize science. The man whose name is immortalized in the name of one of the minor asteroid planets. The book of S.I. Valyansky and I.S. Nedosekina is a large-scale essay, not only revealing the mystery of the personality of N.A. Morozov, but also giving an opportunity to comprehensively familiarize himself with the diverse heritage of a talented scientist.