Categories: Comparisons
An example of simile in popular science writing:
"The creative power of evolution is more like a copycat who duplicates and modifies ancient DNA, proteins, and even the blueprints that build organs, for billions of years."
Neil Shubin
Shubin, N. (2020). Some Assembly Required. Decoding four billion years of life, from ancient fossils to DNA. Oneworld Publications.
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Many examples of science similes are listed in 'Creative Comparisons: Making Science Familiar through Language. An illustrative catalogue of figurative comparisons and analogies for science concepts'. Free Download.
