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The Poetry and Music of Science: Comparing Creativity in Science and Art Hardcover – Illustrated, 7 Mar. 2019

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... convergence of many things often throws up a new picture, a process McLeish calls ''seeing the unseen.'' Leaps of imaginations are crucial for this kind of creativity, for it is only by such leaps that one can join disparate domains and bring about the emergence of a new ontological picture. Scientific creativity, when properly understood, has the same structure as creativity in the arts. ― Deepanwita Dasgupta, Physics in Perspective

McLeish displays both a profound analysis of creativity and an ability to navigate a demanding interdisciplinary area. His book is not only a very important contribution to fruitful dialogue between the humanities and science, in particular between natural science and art, but also a creative book in itself, opening up a rich conversation in how to understand the common streams of creativity between the two. ― Knut-Willy Sæther, Volda University College, Norway, Modern Believing

a detailed (at times lavishly executed) examination of scientific and artistic creativity . . . McLeish's erudition is admirable. He has made a timely and topical contribution to the field of science and religion. ― Yiftach Fehige, University of Toronto, Metascience

McLeish moves the discussion of science and religion on rather profoundly ― Andrew Davison, Church Times

[McLeish] proves himself [an] extreme interdisciplinarian ... Thanks to its poetic nature and compelling signposts for discussion, I suspect McLeish's book would have aphrodisiac qualities for the right audience... No matter what your field, you will come away from the book sold, as I am, on the need to prioritise time for creative gestation. ― Rivka Isaacson, Times Higher Edcuation Supplement

McLeish takes his reader on a journey through classical, medieval, romantic and modern art and science, exploring similarities in the creative processes that drove the greatest painters, writers and scientists towards their accomplishments... There are a number of vivid descriptions of seminal pieces of physics that showcase McLeish's talent for communicating science... interwoven with equally lavish introductions of many works of art and personal experiences of artists. ― David Abergel, Nature Physics

McLeish chases the echoes between scientific and artistic creativity in this intriguing scholarly treatise. ― Nature

McLeish moves the discussion of science and religion on rather profoundly. Enough has been written about how theology might relate to science in general, abstractly conceived. Far better to think theologically about particular scientific examples, set out with a historical and human back story. That is exactly what we have here. ― Andrew Davison, Church Times

Poetry and science are both rooted in the imagination ... At first sight I could not see the connection. But then I made the mistake of allowing myself to think about it. McLeish's ... theme is laid out very thoroughly. Give yourself a couple of quiet days to master it. ― Quentin de la Bedoyere, Catholic Herald

In this brilliant, lyrical and encyclopaedic study of the roots of creativity ... [McLeish] challenges the two cultures thesis [...] by showing how imaginative processes are just as essential and indeed seminal in the sciences as in the arts. ― David Lorimer, Paradigm Explorer

This kind of book is rarer than it should be, and all the more valuable. It dares to take seriously and probe deeply the interplay of the arts and the sciences. In place of the tired notion of Two Cultures, Tom McLeish reveals - passionately, and with great scholarship - the many meaningful points of contact between the sciences and music, literature and visual art. May this start a new and rich conversation! ― Philip Ball, Science Writer

Where do creative ideas come from? There is an answer, and it is the same in art as in science. There is a hidden wellspring inside the human mind from which they arise continuously. Tom McLeish provides meticulous evidence by interrogating the greatest minds. The result is a brilliant kaleidoscopic view of the history of imagination. ― Uta Frith FBA FRS, UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience

Anyone who believes that imagination, inspiration and creativity are the preserve of the arts should read this beautifully crafted ode to the enterprise of scientific discovery. ― Jim Al-Khalili OBE FRS, Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of Surrey

Within the short compass of this subtle and elegant exposition, McLeish tackles one of the most disabling narratives of our time. Creativity is neither a luxury nor a disqualification in a world whose survival requires all our imaginative resources, and it infuses the arts and sciences in uncannily similar ways. The author has also created a rare and beautiful thing: few could embrace such a range of artistic and scientific endeavour with such an uplift. ― Marilyn Strathern DBE, Professor of Social Anthropology, Cambridge University

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Tom McLeish FRS is Professor of Natural Philosophy at York University, where he works with chemists, engineers and biologists in universities and industry to connect material properties with their molecular structure. He also works on connections between science and policy, history (e.g. interdisciplinary re-examinations of medieval scientific treatises) and the humanities, resulting in the recent books Faith and Wisdom in Science (OUP 2014). He was Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research at Durham University (2008-2014) and is Chair of the Royal Society's Education Committee. He has been a Reader in the Anglican Church since 1993.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ OUP Oxford; Illustrated edition (7 Mar. 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0198797990
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0198797999
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 21.84 x 2.79 x 14.48 cm
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I am a very badly behaved academic. I know that physics is my 'core discipline' - it's a good one and I love it - but I trespass into interdisciplinary territory all the time.

Brief bio: first degree and PhD ('84) at Cambridge topped off with a short fellowship at Emmanuel College, then lectureship at Sheffield ('89-'92). I started working seriously across the chemistry-physics fence there through polymer science (and visiting the marvellous Biblical Studies group which sparked my love of ancient wisdom literature).

As Professor of Physics in Leeds ('93-'08) including 5 years as an EPSRC Fellow, I began to work with biologists as well. Some theological training as part of an anglican lay reader's course in the Diocese of Ripon made me think more about how science and religion both encompass and draw on all of human culture. So it planted the seeds of the book 'Faith and Wisdom in Science'. Leeds also has a wonderful History and Philosophy of Science group, and as a regular seminar attender I heard James Ginter on the 13th century thinker Robert Grosseteste. My suspicions that 'science' is really a very old strand of human culture, not exclusively modern at all, continued to be confirmed.

The offer of a position as pro-vice-chancellor for research at a university like Durham was irresistible to a madly interdisciplinary fanatic so Durham is where I worked, and paid to trespass, from 2008-2014. The medieval science stuff appears in the Faith and Wisdom in Science but there will be more - we are reworking and re-illuminting all of the 12 or so science treatises of Grosseteste as editions and commentaries (and making a 3D movie of his 'big bang' medieval cosmology!).

Since 2018 I have a new post at the University of York - the first new chair in 'Natural Philosophy' we think in 200 years! It signifies my role to build links and collaborations between the sciences and the humanities, and has been a wonderful place to finish the book 'The Poetry and Music of Science' that seeks to tell the common story of creativity that ties to roots of both art and science together.

Outside university life, music is a very important activity (our whole family is very invovled), mountains (hiking) and oceans (scuba diving) very important places.

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