To understand turbulence we need the intuitive perspective of art

http://nautil.us/issue/15/turbulence/the-scientific-problem-that-must-be-experienced

By P. Ball
http://www.scientificamerican.com/author/philip-ball/

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The subject of Heisenberg’s doctoral dissertation, however, wasn’t quantum physics. It was harder than that. The 59-page calculation that he submitted to the faculty of the University of Munich in 1923 was titled “On the stability and turbulence of fluid flow.”

... with the sketches of wild water flows made by Leonardo da Vinci in the 15th century.