Categories: Comparisons
An example of an analogy 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
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.
