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Neptune's Gift: A History of Common Salt (John Hopkins Studies in the Hist of Tech , New Series 2) |
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Smithsonian Institution historian of science Robert P. Multhauf ponders the significance of sodium chloride, "the universal necessity," and its role in human affairs. Wars have been fought and empires founded and lost over salt; it was once among the rarest of elements and the subject of government monopolies and strict security. Today, Multhauf writes in this fascinating and detail-laden book, salt is so abundant that we tend not to think about it except to remind ourselves to cut back on its use. Multhauf restores salt to its real importance, and he does a fine job of tracing salt's fortunes through time.
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