Categories: Comparisons
An example of metaphor used by a scientist:
"…when the pioneer in science sends forth the groping feelers of his [or her] thoughts, he [or she] must have a vivid intuitive imagination, for new ideas are not generated by deduction, but by an artistically creative imagination."
Max Planck
Plank, M. (1947/1949). The meaning and limits of exact science (F. Gaynor, Trans.). In Scientific Autobiography and other papers (pp. 80-120). Philosophical Library.
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