Spam, Eggs, Baked Beans, & Spam

Evidently, doctoral students must practice writing at least 5 hours in order to obtain acceptable proficiency in the subject.  It is sad, then, to consider the neglect with which clear and incisive writing is given by scientists.  When reading a paper, we demand precision and clarity from those whose ideas we consider; and yet the art of good writing is dismissed as foppish and irrelevant.  I enjoy the florid and expository style of Dirac and Einstein, and feel remiss that this perspective seems to have died on the wind of the previous century.