Categories: Comparisons
An example of metaphor in popular science writing:
"…one of the ways that Ebola disrupts the immune system is by blocking an emergency fast lane in cells that would usually allow them to respond to viral infections rapidly."
Catherine Carver
Carver, C. (2017). Immune. How your body defends and protects you. Bloomsbury Sigma. (Read about this book: Disease and immunity – a biological myth)
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Many examples of science metaphors are listed in 'Creative comparisons: Making science familiar through language. An illustrative catalogue of figurative comparisons and analogies for science concepts'. Free Download.
