meteors give birth to craters

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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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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.