Two decades ago, a pair of physicists stood in a museum in Madrid contemplating the work of the post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh. One word kept popping up to describe the artist’s work and ...
The dappled starlight and swirling clouds of Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” are thought to reflect the artist’s tumultuous state of mind when he painted the work in 1889. Now, a new analysis by ...
Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" seems to follow a mathematical theory describing fluids in nature. He couldn't have understood the equations, which came about decades after his death. Researchers found ...
Researchers believe van Gogh spent enough time observing nature that he began to intuitively understand how turbulence operates in the real world. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...
The famous painting from Dutch post-impressionist Vincent van Gogh has sparked controversy among physicists. Two decades ago, a pair of physicists stood in a museum in Madrid contemplating the work of ...