Creativity in Arts and Sciences: A Survey

Abstract

The motivation for this chapter lies in a survey on creativity among a significant number of artists and scientists (largely but not only astronomers) worldwide. It mainly illustrates there is no unique creativity process, although similarities abound between artistic and scientific creativity. No major difference appears between the groups of artists, nor between the subsamples of male and female surveyees. Comparisons are offered on the basis of well-documented creativity processes as well as a few additional comments.