The New Einsteins

In January 2009, a mathematician at Cambridge University named Tim Gowers decided to use his blog to run an unusual social experiment. He picked out a difficult mathematical problem and tried to solve it completely in the open, using his blog to post ideas and partial progress. He issued an open invitation for others to contribute their own ideas, hoping that many minds would be more powerful than one. He dubbed the experiment the Polymath Project.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204644504576653573191370088.html

Creativity and Science

A physicist may seem like an unlikely person to address the creative sector forum, Survive and Thrive.
But as Professor Sir Paul Callaghan explains in this interview, scientific insights are creative acts and boosting our creativity is key to growing our ‘smart’ industries in NZ.

http://www.thebigidea.co.nz/news/interviews/2011/jul/88715-rethinking-creativity-with-sir-paul-callaghan