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An example of a metaphor used to explain science:
"If only I had some liquid hydrogen…as charcoal cooled in it eats up almost every molecule of gas it can get at."
Henry G. J. Moseley
Henry G. J. Moseley {1887 – 1915, physicist}
[Please be aware that a word may have different nuances, or even a different meaning, according to context.]
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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.
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