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An example of simile used in science writing:
"The breaking up [on heating] of the beautiful crystalline structure of solid bodies forces the molecules first to crawl around one another like a pack of worms, and then fly apart as though they were a flock of frightened birds."
George Gamow (1961) One, Two, Three…Infinity. Facts and speculations of science, Revised Edition, Dover Publications, Inc., New York.
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