Categories: Comparisons
An example of simile in popular science writing:
"Since…, the Blue Giants most probably represent the most recently formed stars, it is reasonable to assume that the spiral arms are so to speak the breeding grounds for new stellar populations."
George Gamow (1961) One, Two, Three…Infinity. Facts and speculations of science, Revised Edition, Dover Publications, Inc., New York.
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