Nature publishes a letter: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v502/n7471/full/502303d.html Communication: Metaphors advance scientific research
which references a perspective: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v500/n7464/full/500523a.html Communication: Mind the metaphor and another letter: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v502/n7470/full/502170c.html Engineering: Biologists borrow more than words The perspective was scolding biologists for nonsense like "selfish genes" and "books of life", the letters are protesting that there are metaphors which have more useful content than that sort. So even moneymaking publishing enterprises get sucked into these discussions now and then, -- rec --
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