comets have social lives

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An examples of metaphor in popular science writing:

"More often the comets become nothing more than statistics which help the professionals to study the social life of comets."

Nigel Calder

Calder, N. (1980). The Comet is Coming! The feverish legacy of Mr Halley. British Broadcasting Corporation.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.