Categories: Comparisons
An example of an analogy used to explain a scientific idea:
"The electromagnetic force, for example, can be described in terms of the exchange of photons between two charged particles, such as an electron and a proton, like two footballers exchanging passes."
John Gribbin (1996) Companion to the Cosmos. Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
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