Categories: Comparisons
An example of simile in pubic science discoure:
"So the placenta has a series of systems which means it acts like a gatekeeper to prevent the mother's hormones going over to the baby."
Prof. Rebecca Reynolds
Rebecca Reynolds (Professor of Metabolic Medicine at the University of Edinburgh) was speaking on an episode ('Hormones') of BBC's In Our Time
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.
