Categories: Comparisons
An example of simile used in piublic science discourse:
"A fibre laser works by first converting electricity to laser light, using lots of laser diodes, which are high-powered versions of what you might find in a CD player. That light is then channelled into a long, thin, spaghetti-like optical fibre…"
Nature Podcast
Andy Extance (science journalist/writer) interviewed on an episode (28th May 2015) of the Nature Podcast.
Read about examples of science similes
Many examples of science similes are listed in 'Creative Comparisons: Making Science Familiar through Language. An illustrative catalogue of figurative comparisons and analogies for science concepts'. Free Download.
