Prime mover : a natural history of muscle /

Vogel, Steven, 1940-2015.

Prime mover : a natural history of muscle / Steven Vogel ; illustrated by Annette deFerrari and the author. - 1st ed. - New York : Norton, c2001. - xi, 370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-351) and index.

Body work -- How muscle works -- And how we found out -- Flying high, making noise, and clamming up -- Knowing what we're doing -- Connecting up muscles -- Using hand tools -- Working hard -- More tough tasks -- Bringing animals to bear -- Bos versus equus -- Killing tools : the big picture -- Wielding the weapons -- Muscle as meat -- Pulling things together. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

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Muscles.
Muscles--Popular works.

QP321 / .V64 2001