Music, creativity and scientific thinking

Are music and science different types of intelligence (as posited in the co ntext of Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences), or are they two manifest ations of common ways of thinking? By focusing on scientists who have been musicians and on the ways they have used their musical knowledge to inform their scientific work, the author argues in this article that music and sci ence are two ways of using a common set of "tools for thinking" that unify all disciplines. He explores the notion that creative individuals are usual ly polymaths who think in trans-disciplinary ways.