http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2008/04/literacy-2008-book-7-salt/ Chuck Jordan's Personal Weblog Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:36:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2008/04/literacy-2008-book-7-salt/#comment-13222 Chris Sat, 03 May 2008 06:00:36 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/?p=720#comment-13222 Comparing this book to Connections is spot on. I hadn't thought of it that way before even though I enjoyed Salt and really like Connections. After finishing Salt, I also ended up reading Cod by the same author and enjoyed as well. I have The Grid by Philip Schewe on my list to read and hope it's as compelling even if its subject is relatively modern. Three cheers for entertaining non-fiction books on mundane subjects! :) Comparing this book to Connections is spot on. I hadn’t thought of it that way before even though I enjoyed Salt and really like Connections. After finishing Salt, I also ended up reading Cod by the same author and enjoyed as well. I have The Grid by Philip Schewe on my list to read and hope it’s as compelling even if its subject is relatively modern. Three cheers for entertaining non-fiction books on mundane subjects! :)

]]> http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2008/04/literacy-2008-book-7-salt/#comment-13221 jmackley Fri, 02 May 2008 03:28:32 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/?p=720#comment-13221 Interestingly enough, I too have recently shown an interest in salt. On the plane back from Orlando last week, they showed a documentary on water. They explained that the Mediterranean actually loses much more water to evaporation than it receives from rivers and rain. Therefore, without the Straights of Gibralter the sea would dry up. Which it did! Millions of years ago, the Mediterranean was a desert. All the water evaporated, leaving all the salt behind. That's why there are now salt mines under Sicily that could be mined for over a million years and never run out. Pretty amazing! Interestingly enough, I too have recently shown an interest in salt. On the plane back from Orlando last week, they showed a documentary on water. They explained that the Mediterranean actually loses much more water to evaporation than it receives from rivers and rain. Therefore, without the Straights of Gibralter the sea would dry up. Which it did! Millions of years ago, the Mediterranean was a desert. All the water evaporated, leaving all the salt behind. That’s why there are now salt mines under Sicily that could be mined for over a million years and never run out. Pretty amazing!

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