Random Analogies
2nd In Command.....
a: Thyroid ~
b: Mr. Spock
What: "If I may, let me give a little endocrinology lecture. The thyroid gland, which is second in command only to the pituitary (for you Star Trek fans the thyroid is like Mr. Spock, while the pituitary would be Captain Kirk) produces two hormones, T4 and T3." The rest in the link....
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Writer: moonius
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jun 10 2013 11:18 AM
# 3308 Critique Analogy
In This Context....
a: Effective nuclear charge ~
b: gravity
What: "Effective Nuclear Charge is like gravity. It effects everything else in the chapter and much more. Such as:" See the whole discussion in the link.
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Date: Aug 1 2013 2:25 PM
# 3518 Critique Analogy
a: mind body connection ~
b: looking glass
What:
"The mind-body connection is like Alice's looking glass."
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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: May 10 2014 10:02 AM
# 5658 Critique Analogy
a: Light dependent reactions ~
b: food preparation for a cooking show
What:
"It's kind of like the cooking shows on television where the star comes out and cooks everything in 30 minutes. But before the star can do that, other people got everything ready -- bought the food, measured out spices into all those little cups, and sometimes cut up vegetables, .... The light-dependent reactions are like the process of getting everything set for the cooking show because these reactions get everything ready for the Calvin cycle. The 30 minute program with the star cooking the food is like the Calvin cycle because this set of reactions takes the prepared energy and hydrogens plus carbon dioxide from the air and actually builds the glucose. "
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Writer: ecolink
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Date: Dec 9 2014 2:45 PM
# 6690 Critique Analogy
