Joseph Plateau

Description: (Belgian Physicist & Mathematician - One of the First People to Demonstrate the Illusion of a Moving Image)
Belgian physicist and mathematician Joseph Plateau was a pioneer of the modern animation and movie industry, as he invented the phenakistiscope, the world’s first device to create an illusion of motion through images. He also laid down the structure of soap films through Plateau's laws.

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Birthday October 14, 1801 (Libra)
Born In Brussels
Died on September 15, 1883
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