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An historical example of a metaphor used by a scientist:
"[animals inoculated with tuberculosis]"gradually weaken, falling into the doldrums"
Jean-Antoine Villemin
Read "A drafted man is like a draft horse because…A case of analogy in scientific discovery"
[Please be aware that a word may have different nuances, or even a different meaning, according to context.]
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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.
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