Translating Ancient Alchemy: Fragments of Graeco-Egyptian Alchemy in Arabic Compendia
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عنوان ژورنال: Ambix
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0002-6980,1745-8234
DOI: 10.1080/00026980.2017.1412137