Categories: Comparisons
An example of a simile used to explain science:
"[a cell is the] smallest unit of life…and these units were built, as it were, part upon part like you would build a Lego kit"
Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee
Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee (medical oncologist at Columbia University) was spealking on an episode ('Building the Body, Opening the Heart') of BBC Radio 4's 'Start the week' programme/podcast.
Read: Cells are buzzing cities that are balloons with harpoons
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