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An example of metaphor used in popular science writing:
"Let us return to a black hole's event horizon, this strange one-way door out of our region of space, because scientists encountered here the strangest incarnation of the laws of thermodynamics."
Paul Sen (2022) Einstein's Fridge. The science of fire, ice and the universe. William Collins.
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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.
