Categories: Comparisons
An example of a metaphor used in popular science writing,
"Thankfully the bacteria in question were found to be susceptible to other antibiotics, a fact that prevented them from being the microbial horsemen of the apocalypse."
Carver, C. (2017). Immune. How your body defends and protects you. Bloomsbury Sigma.
Read about the extensive use of figurative language in this book: Disease and immunity – a biological myth.
Read about metaphor in science
Read about examples of science metaphors
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.
