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by jamessb 3150 days ago
There are certianly many technical people who are very appreciative of the arts.

Carl Djerassi was a novelist and playwright as well as a very distinguished chemist [1], Stuart Firestein was a theatre director before beginning his career in science [2], and Pietr Hein [3] is famous for his short poems as well as his mathematical pursuits. There are also a large number of medical doctors who are also authors.

There's also a short science fiction story at the end of each issue of Nature [4].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Djerassi#Career

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Firestein

[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Hein_(scientist)

[4]: http://www.nature.com/nature/focus/arts/futures/index.html