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An example of simile used in explaining science in the public domain.
"What measles does it, it's like a heat-seeking missile, it seeks out people who are susceptible"
Professor Helen Bedford (Professor of Children's Health, University College London) was interviewed on an episode of BBC Inside Health
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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.
