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12 - Recipes for Love in the Ancient World

from Part IV - Mathematics and Life Sciences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 December 2017

By
Vivienne Lo  and
Eleanor Re’em
Edited by
G. E. R. Lloyd  and
Jingyi Jenny Zhao
In collaboration with
Qiaosheng Dong
G. E. R. Lloyd
Affiliation:
Needham Research Institute, Cambridge
Jingyi Jenny Zhao
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Qiaosheng Dong
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
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Ancient Greece and China Compared , pp. 326 - 352
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Print publication year: 2018

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