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An example of metaphor in scientific writing:
"…analysis of the meteor that gave birth 25,000 years ago to Meteor Crater in Arizona showed that it did not contain uranium."
Hubert Krivine
Krivine, H. (2015). The Earth. From myths to knowledge [La Terre, des myths au savoir] (D. Fernbach, Trans.). Verso.
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