Categories: Comparisons
An example of simile used in pulic science discourse:
"And the innate immune system is a bit like a, it's a bit like an antiviral software that we are all born with that fights infection."
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 Radio 4's 'Start the Week'
Read about examples of science similes
Many examples of science similes are listed in 'Creative Comparisons: Making Science Familiar through Language. An illustrative catalogue of figurative comparisons and analogies for science concepts'. Free Download.
