Categories: Comparisons
An example of metaphor in popular science writing:
"…anthrax, which lurks in the alveoli awaiting its cellular carriage: our macrophages"
Catherine Carver
Carver, C. (2017). Immune. How your body defends and protects you. Bloomsbury Sigma. (Read about this book: 'Disease and immunity – a biological myth')
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Many examples of science metaphors are listed in 'Creative comparisons: Making science familiar through language. An illustrative catalogue of figurative comparisons and analogies for science concepts'. Free Download.
