But the architect puts together the technical data to serve a larger purpose. In his chemistry class, Herschbach asks students to write poems, and notes that creating poetry is much like creating science. When you are doing frontier work in science you don't know what you are doing. Science isn't about knowing if it's right or wrong. Not understanding is part of the beauty.
Mystery is essential.
In rainbows you get a focusing effect, and from the refraction of light you get colors. With atoms, we're able to see three or four rainbows. Mathematicians may discover the most abstract unities of all. Mathematicians pursue understanding, not beauty. And the extremes of understanding can only be found in the murkiest of waters, the darker the better.