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Mind the metaphor

  • Pauwels E
Nature (2013) 500(7464) 523-524
DOI: 10.1038/500523a
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Abstract

Imagery can help to bridge conceptual boundaries, but it can also cause trouble — as shown by the proliferation of engineering talk in biology, argues Eleonore Pauwels.

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Pauwels, E. (2013). Mind the metaphor. Nature, 500(7464), 523–524. https://doi.org/10.1038/500523a

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