When Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh produced "The Starry Night" in 1889, he is believed to have put paint to canvas to illustrate the chaotic conditions inside his own mind. Yet according to a new article the journal Physics of Fluids, "The Starry Night" did more than simulate Van Gogh's struggles with mental illness; it also displayed an intuitive understanding of mathematics and science.

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