Feuding physicists and the bitter battle over the swirls in ‘The Starry Night’

On this, the scientists agree: Vincent van Gogh’s masterful post-impressionist painting “The Starry Night” is an iconic piece of art. Its mesmerizing whirls and swirls capture the imagination. But do the flowing brushstrokes evoke the real physical phenomenon of turbulence? Was Van Gogh channeling...

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