Prime Mover: A Natural History of Muscle - Paperback
by Steven Vogel
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Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393324631ISBN-10:039332463XUPC:9780393324631Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Life SciencesBook Topic:Anatomy & PhysiologySize:8.34 x 5.50 x 0.94 inchesWeight:0.9612Product ID:SC6PJ5M025
Prime Mover: A Natural History of Muscle
Whether we blink an eye, lift a finger, throw a spear or a ball, walk, run, or merely breathe, we are using muscle. Although muscles differ little in appearance and performance across the animal kingdom, they accomplish tasks as diverse as making flies fly, rattlesnakes rattle, and squid shoot their tentacles.
Our everyday activities turn on the performance of nature's main engine: we may breathe...
Our everyday activities turn on the performance of nature's main engine: we may breathe...
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393324631ISBN-10:039332463XUPC:9780393324631Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Life SciencesBook Topic:Anatomy & PhysiologySize:8.34 x 5.50 x 0.94 inchesWeight:0.9612Product ID:SC6PJ5M025
Vogel, Steven: - Steven Vogel (1940--2015) was James B. Duke Professor of Biology at Duke University. He was a prolific author of popular works on the intersection of physics and biology such as Cats' Paws and Catapults and Prime Mover: A Natural History of Muscle.
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