Categories: Comparisons
An example of an analogy used in a popular science book:
"Thus, in contrast to the outer body of the atom, where the electrons forming various atomic shells have plenty of space in which to move about, the picture of the nucleus is that of a large number of nucleons packed as tightly together as sardines in a can."
George Gamow (1961) One, Two, Three…Infinity. Facts and speculations of science, Revised Edition, Dover Publications, Inc., New York.
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