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A very relevant book on this aspect is: http://www.amazon.com/Truth-Beauty-Aesthetics-Motivations-Science/dp/0226100871/ http://www.amazon.com/Truth-Beauty-Aesthetics-Motivations-Sc... The author compares and contrasts the differences between early blossoming and late blossoming intellects. The science/math geniuses belong usually to the former and the artists to the latter. Perhaps, programming is more art than we have been led to believe.