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Bodanis, D. Making the mundane urbane. Nature 466, 187–188 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/466187a
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The book's concept seems fine, but after reading this review I'm not sure I want to read the book. Bryson is quoted as saying "at no point would a human being think, 'Gosh, I could sure do with some salt.'" Well, golly, I've thought that many times. Observation has taught me that there are times when what I need is salt. After I ingest some in whatever form, I observe it works for what I wanted it for. I needn't understand the biochemistry. Following animals to a natural salt lick is the intuituve act. I'd also like to say that a labor shortage wasn't the only thing that "meant that servants were quick to escape this situation." I think a frontier which people could escape across was extremely important.