How to write a physics paper

Physical Review Letters' editorial board tells you how to write a good 'letter.'

By 'letter,' of course they mean 'short paper suitable for a general physics audience,' not something of the 'Dear John' variety.

Of particular note: I am not alone in being deeply confused by scientists' love for the passive voice. From the article:

The issue of sentence-level construction is less critical, and it will not surprise me if some writers still take comfort in the passive-voice style described above. Frankly, this comfort is a mystery to me.

In all, the article is useful advice from one of the top physics journals around. And I'm not saying that just because we have the same initials.