The Fluid Dynamics of “The Starry Night”: How Vincent Van Gogh’s Masterpiece Explains the Scientific Mysteries of Movement and Light

The Fluid Dynamics of “The Starry Night”: How Vincent Van Gogh’s Masterpiece Explains the Scientific Mysteries of Movement and Light

[EDITOR’S NOTE: My life experiences have led me to firmly believe that suffering and tragic circumstances often give birth to strength, meaning, and/or some sort of benefit. Which is why I created my blog, https://bipolarisbeautiful.com/. Good things have come to the world, to others, and to me from Bipolar Disorder, a tragic disease of the brain.

This article about Van Gogh serves as a powerful illustration of an amazing piece of fruit, which now adorns our communal Tree of Knowledge, that emerged from a Bipolar mind. JM]

By Maria Popova

“In a period of intense suffering, Van Gogh was somehow able to perceive and represent one of the most supremely difficult concepts nature has ever brought before mankind.”

The Fluid Dynamics of “The Starry Night”: How Vincent Van Gogh’s Masterpiece Explains the Scientific Mysteries of Movement and Light