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1 y separately published work icon Fools and Geniuses : A Novel About Science (and Superstition) Surendra Verma , Aspendale : Ozscience , 2011 Z1851621 2011 single work novel 'A quirky tale infused with wit and wisdom Witch mania grips an idyllic English town in 1683 when five young girls accuse an old woman of witchcraft. A feisty fifteen-year-old girl and her righteous friend try to save the woman from the gallows. Their fight entraps them in a triangle of science, sorcery and superstition and turns into a journey of discovery of the ages-old conflict between reason and religion.

This unique mix of fiction and history of science is presented in thirteen chapters...' (From publisher's blurb)
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