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So why do we see the two pursuits as completely different? In many ways, the cultural separation of science and art is a relatively new phenomenon. Throughout history, many great scientific figures were also icons of the arts and humanities. Take Leonardo Da Vinci, he turned his creative mind to both the Mona Lisa and the flying machine. Later, we see figures like Thomas Jefferson, who excelled in architecture and engineering, and Alexander Borodin, a prominent composer and chemist. But as each field became increasingly specialised, our ideas about what constitutes a scientist or an artist became somewhat more rigid, and opportunities for crossover became fewer.
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