Categories: Comparisons
An example of a metaphor used to explain a scientific idea:
"By repelling the clouds of electrons around the positive ions, the moving electron digs a hole for itself as it goes, easing its passage through the solid."
Alan Holden
Holden, A. (1965). The Nature of Solids. Columbia University Press.
Tags: electrical conductivity, electrons
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