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

New York : Norton, [2001], ©2001.

xi, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

1st ed.

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

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.