{"id":6340,"date":"2011-06-20T12:26:55","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T17:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/?p=6340"},"modified":"2011-06-20T12:26:55","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T17:26:55","slug":"anne-is-a-strange-quark-aka-awesome-science-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2011\/06\/anne-is-a-strange-quark-aka-awesome-science-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"Anne is a Strange Quark, AKA awesome science writer!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A<\/span>When Anne first started blogging on Highly Allochthonous, I introduced her first post<\/a> with the words:<\/p>\n

I let her post this on the condition that she not show me up by being clearly smarter and a better writer than I am.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"I was half joking, but It has been clear to me ever since that first post that Anne is a wonderful and intelligent writer, whose presence on this site has added immeasurably to its scope, relevance and credibility. I am therefore delighted to see the rest of the world properly recognising Anne’s talents: her post “Levees and the Illusion of Flood Control”<\/a> has taken 2nd place in the Three Quarks Daily Science Prize<\/a>, or the Strange Quark’ as it is known in those parts.<\/p>\n

Anne’s own words in her “Acceptance Speech” at 3QD are typically modest:<\/p>\n

The 1993 Mississippi River floods were the event that made me become the scientist I am today, so I really wanted to do a creditable job explaining the perspectives and nuances of flood management. Based on the response to the piece, I must have done OK! But now I’ve set myself the goal of bringing that same quality of writing to more blog posts and my scientific papers, so I may be in trouble if they don’t live up to the high praise that this post has gotten.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

but I have no qualms in being smug on her behalf. Well done, Anne! Feel free to use the comments to tell her how awesome she is.<\/p>\n

I’d also like to thank all of you who voted Anne’s post through in the initial round of the contest, and particularly Evelyn<\/a> for nominating it in the first place. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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