Categories: Comparisons
An historical example of a metaphor used by a scientist:
"[animals inoculated with tuberculosis] gradually weaken, falling into the doldrums"
Jean-Antoine Villemin
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Many examples of science metaphors are listed in 'Creative comparisons: Making science familiar through language. An illustrative catalogue of figurative comparisons and analogies for science concepts'. Free Download.
