Tag: mixed metaphors
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When the limits of our knowledge collide with the limits of our language: Mixing metaphors around the Higgs Boson
I was sitting in the garden today (in the sunshine!) (Sunday, 22 July), reading the feedback page of New Scientist which featured some amusing metaphors and analogies for the Higgs Boson, which has recently been discovered at CERN. This made me think. Science and metaphors Metaphors and analogies are used extensively in science, both in…
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