Prime Mover A Natural History of Muscle [Paperback]

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.Positively gripping.Biomechanics comes alive in a discussion blending science, health, history, and mechanical insights.A thorough and engaging account of how muscles work and how their physiology has influenced the development of human culture.A book that should be enjoyed and understood by intelligent non-scientists as much as by scientists...entertaining and illuminating.Manages to educate, enlighten, and entertain....fascinating reading.An entertaining and compelling overview of what we know about muscle.Muscle is a wonderful lens through which to study evolution and human history.The storyand the scienceof nature's greatest engine.