Categories: Comparisons
An example of metaphor in public science discourse:
"The microbiome has so many different molecular languages that it speaks…"
Dr James Kinross
Dr James Kinross (Senior Lecturer in Colorectal Surgery and a Consultant Surgeon at Imperial College London) was speaking on an episode ('Allergies and the Microbiome') of BBC's 'Start the Week'
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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.
