rawing a sharp dichotomy
&gt; &gt; between commonsense and scientific ways of thinking, the authors show
&gt; &gt; how the basic linguistic mechanisms of abstraction and metaphor are
&gt; &gt; used to systematize and formalize scientific language.  Metaphor is
&gt; &gt; fundamental to both science and poetry.  The primary difference is
&gt; &gt; that poets constantly strive to create novel metaphors, while
&gt; &gt; scientists recycle, revise, and elaborate the most successful
&gt; &gt; of their colleagues'