ABSTRACT
Mathematicians extol the beauty of an equation that simply and economically captures otherwise complex phenomena; theories may be elegant when they meet William of Ockham’s demands of simplicity. There is an emotional quality and satisfaction in good science that is every bit as inspirational as good literature and art – and, dare one say, perhaps even some forms of religious ecstasy. Creativity in the arts and the sciences, if not maybe in religion, has many commonalities, be they its nurturing, flowering or realisation, or the associated subjective states and emotions.
