personification referring to an inanimate object (e.g., a planet) as if it is a person (Read about personification) Share on FacebookTweet Related Articles: PersonificationShould we trust an experiment that suggests a stone can eat iron?A discriminatory scientific analogyPlus ça change – balancing forces is hard workFingerprinting an exoplanet 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. View all posts by Keith
