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Prime mover : a natural history of muscle  Cover Image Book Book

Prime mover : a natural history of muscle / Steven Vogel ; illustrated by Annette deFerrari and the author.

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  • ISBN: 0393021262
  • Physical Description: xi, 370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Norton, c2001.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-351) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1. Body work -- 2. How muscle works -- 3. And how we found out -- 4. Flying high, making noise, and clamming up -- 5. Knowing what we're doing -- 6. Connecting up muscles -- 7. Using hand tools -- 8. Working hard -- 9. More tough tasks -- 10. Bringing animals to bear -- 11. Bos versus equus -- 12. Killing tools : the big picture -- 13. Wielding the weapons -- 14. Muscle as meat -- 15. Pulling things together.
Subject: Muscles.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Kirtland Community College Library QP 321 .V64 2001 30533460 General Collection Available -

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