Random Analogies
Space And Gravity And Stuff...
a: Space ~
b: a giant rubber sheet
What: "Stuff with matter deforms the space around it, making other stuff fall towards it - imagine a giant rubber sheet which is like space. And imagine if you put a ball on it (which is the stuff or matter). The ball with dent the middle of the sheet. So if you put a smaller ball on the sheet, it will roll down the dent to the ball."
Useful?
Writer: Hannah Brotherton
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Date: Aug 1 2013 2:47 PM
# 3524 Critique Analogy
2 Member Bobsled Team?
a: Electromagnetic radiation ~
b: two member team
What: "Electromagnetic Radiation is like a two member team racing together at
incredible speeds across the vast regions of space or flying from the
clutches of a tiny atom. They travel together in packages called photons...If the waves are arranged in order of their wavelength and frequency
the waves form the Electromagnetic Spectrum. They are described as
electromagnetic because they are both electric and magnetic in nature."
Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Aug 7 2013 5:19 PM
# 3545 Critique Analogy
a: Genetic engineering ~
b: changing the blade on a screwdriver
What:
"If conventional genetic engineering is like changing the blade on a screwdriver, then Collins's approach is akin to altering the contents of the entire toolbox at once."
Useful?
Writer: SAM JAFFE
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Dec 26 2014 7:23 PM
# 6929 Critique Analogy
