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The Poetry and Music of Science
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The Poetry and Music of Science

Comparing Creativity in Science and Art

Tom McLeish
Oxford UP, 2019

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9

Qualities

  • Comprehensive
  • Analytical
  • Engaging

Recommendation

The idea of a dichotomy between the worlds of science and the arts is a myth. Many historical and modern parallels exist in the ways practitioners of both derive and develop their ideas. Theoretical physicist Tom McLeish offers an erudite, academic treatise on creativity in science and the arts and takes a look at the way society perceives science and art. This is a deep, historical reading of the origins of science and the arts in mainstream Western thought. It’s essential reading for anyone who wants to explore the historical roots of creativity and the links between science and the arts.

Take-Aways

  • A cultural division exists between art and science that ignores the common creative aspects of both.
  • Creativity in science gets overlooked due to popular focus on the scientific method.
  • Visual metaphors represent creative ways that humans can explain phenomena in both art and science.

About the Author

Theoretical physicist Tom McLeish, PhD, is a professor of natural philosophy in the University of York, England, physics department. His research focuses on molecular structure and more broadly on connections between science and policy, history and the humanities.

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