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An example of metaphor in popular science writing:
"Slicing into her brain, Alzheimer found odd tangles of protein fibres and a sticky plaque called amyloid, so much that the organ was basically stuffed with a deadly jam that had been muffling her memories."
Lauren Slater
Slater, L. (2018). The Drugs That Changed Our Minds. Simon & Schuster.
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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.
