Van Gogh Painted Perfect Turbulence
Posted on August 13, 2006 Comments (4)
Partially this article, Van Gogh painted perfect turbulence, discusses some interesting science:
He predicted a particular mathematical relationship between the fluctuations in a flow’s speed and the rate at which it dissipates energy as friction. Kolmogorov’s work led to equations describing the probability of finding a particular velocity difference between any two points in the fluid. These relationships are called Kolmogorov scaling.
But really it just gave me an excuse to post the photo I took of Van Gogh’s The Starry Night on a recent trip to New York City. More photos of Vincent van Gogh paintings: Van Gogh self portrait (Musee d’Orsay) – Irises (the Met, NYC) . NYC travel photos: (the photos from the most recent trip are not posted yet): Metropolitan Museum of Art – Central Park – Brooklyn Bridge and the Staten Island Children’s Museum
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January 21st, 2007 @ 7:19 pm
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May 27th, 2008 @ 6:00 am
It is interesting to know that some paintings offer a great contribution to some phenomena. The paintings went beyond its artistic value and extend to a scientific meaning in order to explain a particular phenomenon. The works of Van Gogh and Da Vinci are great examples of art-and-science all rolled into one.
April 3rd, 2011 @ 9:23 am
The site lets you navigate the museum (similar to Google street view) and zoom in for very close looks at the the works of art…
December 8th, 2011 @ 6:48 am
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