Pierre Laszlo 
Salt [EPUB ebook] 
Grain of Life

Soporte

For 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, gl...

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Foreword, by Albert Sonnenfeld, series editor
The Proverb of Salt on Lettuce
Osmosis and Salt Curing
Salting Herring
The Cossacks of the Don
The Proverb of Frien...

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Sobre el autor

Pierre Laszlo is an emeritus professor of chemistry at the University of Liège, Belgium, and the École polytechnique near Paris, France. Of his many published works s...

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Idioma Inglés ● Formato EPUB ● ISBN 9780231511315 ● Tamaño de archivo 17.9 MB ● Traductor Mary Beth Mader ● Editorial Columbia University Press ● Ciudad New York ● País US ● Publicado 2001 ● Descargable 24 meses ● Divisa EUR ● ID 2451326 ● Protección de copia Adobe DRM
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