Categories: Comparisons
An example of similes (or metaphors) for a science concept:
"The phenomenon which results from the encounter of a positive and a negative electron is described by Prof. Born as a 'wild marriage' and by the more gloomy Prof. Brown as the 'mutual suicide' of the two electrons."
George Gamow (1961) One, Two, Three…Infinity. Facts and speculations of science, Revised Edition, Dover Publications, Inc., New York.
(As Gamow is quoting other authors, it is not clear if the original uses were simile or metaphor.)
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