Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau was a Belgian physicist and mathematician.
11 Facts About Joseph Plateau
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Joseph Plateau was one of the first people to demonstrate the illusion of a moving image.
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Joseph Plateau's father, Antoine Plateau born in Tournai, was a talented flower painter.
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Joseph Plateau lost his eyesight later in his life and attributed the loss to this experiment.
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Joseph Plateau became a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1872.
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Joseph Plateau studied at the State University of Liege, where he graduated as a doctor of physical and mathematical sciences in 1829.
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In 1827, Joseph Plateau became a teacher of mathematics at the "Atheneum" school in Brussels.
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In 1829, Joseph Plateau submitted his doctoral thesis to his mentor Adolphe Quetelet for advice.
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In 1832, Joseph Plateau invented an early stroboscopic device, the "phenakistiscope", the first device to give the illusion of a moving image.
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Joseph Plateau studied the phenomena of capillary action and surface tension.
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Joseph Plateau conducted extensive studies of soap films and formulated Plateau's laws, which describe the structures formed by such films in foams.