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An example of metaphor in popularscience writing:
"When microbes break down food with their arsenal of chemicals and in turn produce other chemicals, it is known as fermentation."
Prof. Tim Spector
Broadcast adaptation of Food for Life by Tim Spector, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at King's College London.
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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.
