gas molecules are like frantic bumper cars

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An example of a simile used in popular science writing:

"Gas molecules are basically tiny spheres or clumps of spheres in constant collision, like frantic bumper cars. Although an individual molecule is moving rapidly, it has barely gone any distance before it collides into another one, and its journey is deflected."

Paul Sen (2022) Einstein's Fridge. The science of fire, ice and the universe. William Collins.

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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.