Salt : grain of life /
From proverbs to technical arguments, from anecdotes to examples of folklore, chemist and philosopher Pierre Laszlo takes us through the kingdom of ""white gold."" With ""enthusiasm and freshness"" (Le Monde) he mixes literary analysis, history, anthropology,...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English French |
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Columbia University Press,
2001
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| Series: | Arts and traditions of the table.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | From proverbs to technical arguments, from anecdotes to examples of folklore, chemist and philosopher Pierre Laszlo takes us through the kingdom of ""white gold."" With ""enthusiasm and freshness"" (Le Monde) he mixes literary analysis, history, anthropology, biology, physics, economics, art history, political science, chemistry, ethnology, and linguistics to create a full body of knowledge about the everyday substance that rocked the world and brings zest to the ordinary. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxv, 193 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-193). |
| ISBN: | 9780231511315 0231511310 1280598239 9781280598234 9786613628060 6613628069 |
| Language: | In English. |
