science provides nourishment for reasoning beings

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An example of metaphor in writing about science:

"Man is a reasonable being; and as such, receives from science his proper food and nourishment…"

David Hume

Hume, D. (1748). An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

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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.