Feuding physicists and the bitter battle over the swirls in ‘The Starry Night’
- Posted on December 27, 2025
- By Washington Post
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Feuding physicists and the bitter battle over the swirls in ‘The Starry Night’

A team of scientists sparked a heated debate over whether Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night depicts turbulence, a complex physical phenomenon.