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An example of analogy being used in scientific discovery.
"…nuclear fission – a term Frisch coined by analogy to cell division in biology…"
Royston M. Roberts (1989) Serendipity. Accidental discoveries in science
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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.
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