{"product_id":"salt-pierre-laszlo-9780231121989","title":"Salt: Grain of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor the sake of salt, Rome created a system of remuneration (from which we get the word \"salary\"), nomads domesticated the camel, the Low Countries revolted against their Spanish oppressors, and Gandhi marched against the tyranny of the British. Through the ages, salt has conferred status, preserved foods, and mingled in the blood, sweat, and tears of humanity. Today, chefs of haute cuisine covet it in its most exotic forms--underground salt deposits, Hawaiian black lava salt, glittery African crystals, and pink Peruvian salt from the sea carried in bricks on the backs of llamas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom 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\" (\u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e) 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. Laszlo explains the history behind Morton Salt's slogan \"When it rains, it pours!\" and looks into the plight of the salt miner, as well as spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance. \u003ci\u003eSalt\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force about a chemical compound that is one of the very foundations of civilization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pierre Laszlo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231121989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231121989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.29h x 6.24w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2001 pg. 788\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2001 pg. 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/06\/2001 pg. 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2001 pg. 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2002 pg. 1073","brand":"Pierre Laszlo","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48998552699135,"sku":"9780231121989","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/salt-pierre-laszlo-9780231121989","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}