ABSTRACT
The work of a genius has a certain wholeness, a unique combination of elements, that makes it a work of art. An intriguing question is whether genius and creativity are identical in science and the arts, or whether they are quite different. Max Born wrote that the advent of relativity made the universe of science not only grander but also more beautiful. Bullough and his co-workers found that "creative achievement was rarely carried on in the same family beyond one generation," and contrary to the assumption of Francis Galton, creative achievers did not usually have children who also achieved. It has been argued that consequently heredity factors play a minor role at best in the determination of creativity. Galton argued that there was great familial aggregation, in other words, that eminence ran in families; this he regarded as evidence of genetic determination.
