Categories: Comparisons
An example of a simile used in popular science writing:
"Gas molecules are basically tiny spheres or clumps of spheres in constant collision, like frantic bumper cars. Although an individual molecule is moving rapidly, it has barely gone any distance before it collides into another one, and its journey is deflected."
Paul Sen (2022) Einstein's Fridge. The science of fire, ice and the universe. William Collins.
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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.
