trace elements are the spice in the soup of life

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An example of simile in science writing:

"… rare elements and heavy atoms, as trace elements play an important role for life; with their very special qualities they are, in a manner of speaking, the 'spice' in the soup of life."

Richard Breuer

Brueuer, R. (1990). The Anthropic Principle. Man as the focal point of nature. (H. Newman & M. Lowery, Trans.). Birkhäuser.

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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.