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An example of simile in popular science writing:
"It is the reaction momentum from the stream of ablated material that implodes the secondary bomb. The implosion causes the cylindrical rod of plutonium – the 'spark plug' – to go critical."
Jeremy Bernstein (2004). Oppenheimer. Portrait of an Enigma. Duckworth.
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.
