Joseph Plateau

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Joseph Plateau

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Joseph Plateau's Degrees

• Doctorate Physics University of Liège

Why Is Joseph Plateau Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau was a Belgian physicist and mathematician. He was one of the first people to demonstrate the illusion of a moving image. To do this, he used counterrotating disks with repeating drawn images in small increments of motion on one and regularly spaced slits in the other. He called this device of 1832 the phenakistiscope.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Joseph Plateau?

Joseph Plateau is affiliated with the following schools:

• Ghent University
• University of Liège