neutrinos are very shy

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Categories: Pseudo-explanations

An example of an athropomorphic metaphor in public science discourse:

"they [neutrinos] are very shy"

Prof. Andrew Pontzen

Prof. Andrew Pontzen (Professor of Cosmology, UCL) was talking on an episode ('Mapping the universe') of BBC Inside Science

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.