An example of an extended metaphor used in discussing science:
"The honour of making the first incision in the complicated operation of dissecting the delicate body of the atom belongs to the famous British physicist J. J. Thomson, who was able to show that the atoms of various chemical elements consist of positively and negatively charged parts, held together by the forces of electrical attraction."
George Gamow (1961) One, Two, Three…Infinity. Facts and speculations of science, Revised Edition, Dover Publications Inc., New York.
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