Categories: Comparisons
An example of an analogy in popular science writing:
"A mutation would be revealed by a local change in the pattern of stripes [seen in stained chromosomes]. We know that the bands are like a GPS with poor satellite coverage; they give a location of the genetic defect of a mutant, but not a precise one."
Neil Shubin
Shubin, N. (2020). Some Assembly Required. Decoding four billion years of life, from ancient fossils to DNA. Oneworld Publications.
Read examples of scientific analogies
Many examples of science analogies are listed in 'Creative comparisons: Making science familiar through language. An illustrative catalogue of figurative comparisons and analogies for science concepts'. Free Download.
