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The role of metaphor in shaping scientific inquiry

Andrew Reynolds: The third lens: Metaphor and the creation of modern cell biology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018, 272 pp, $30.00 PB

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Davison, D.R., Michod, R.E. The role of metaphor in shaping scientific inquiry. Metascience 32, 313–316 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-023-00862-9

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