{"id":44,"date":"2019-05-30T15:23:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T19:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annfinkbeiner.com\/new\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2026-10-23T15:41:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T19:41:36","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/annfinkbeiner.com\/?page_id=44","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

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About Me<\/h1>\n

I\u2019ve been writing for millenia.\u00a0 In the relatively recent past, I’ve written regularly for Science, Nature, Hakai, and Scientific American, among others.\u00a0 And I’m proud co-proprietor of a science-ish blog, The Last Word on Nothing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the deep past, I’ve written for Mosaic,\u00a0The Sciences<\/a>, Science 8x, Discover, Sky & Telescope, and Astronomy. I\u2019ve written columns for USA Today and Defense Technology International. I\u2019ve reviewed books regularly for Nature, the Wilson Quarterly, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. For some years, I mostly wrote books.<\/p>\n

In fact, I\u2019m an English major in life. So I see science as a story, as a plot moved by tensions between the characters. The characters can be theory and observation, or two theories, or individual scientists. The stories I find I like best are about scientists<\/a> who are competitive, varied, and individualistic members of a single group with a single purpose. I think of these groups as schools of fish or birds that form, dissolve, and re-form as though they\u2019re bound within an invisible line. A lovely idea but hard to write, and I\u2019m still working on it.<\/p>\n

Also:\u00a0 I’m delighted to be the Finkbeiner<\/a> of the Finkbeiner Test<\/a>, which appropriately has been questioned.<\/a> And I have definite opinions<\/a> on non-fiction writers<\/a> which I am happy to share with you.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”56″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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