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Joseph Plateau
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Belgian physicist (1801–1883)
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Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau was a Belgian mathematician, physicist, and university teacher. Born in Brussels in 1801 and dying in Ghent in 1883, he worked in theoretical physics and served as a faculty member at Ghent University. He was educated at the University of Liège and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels. His doctoral advisors were Adolphe Quetelet and Richard van Rees.
Plateau is known for notable works including Plateau's laws, Plateau's problem, the stroboscope, and the phénakistoscope. He was a member of the Royal Society, the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony. He suffered from blindness. His works are held in collections such as Het Scheepvaartmuseum and the Royal Society collection. He wrote in French.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1801-10-14 ) 14 October 1801 , Brussels , French Republic
- Died
- 15 September 1883 (1883-09-15) (aged 81), Ghent , Belgium
- Alma mater
- University of Liège
- Known for
- Plateau's laws , Plateau's problem , Plateau–Rayleigh instability
- Institutions
- Ghent University
- Doctoral advisor
- Adolphe Quetelet
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ferdinand
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Brussels
- Place of death
- Ghent
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Notable work
- phénakistoscope
- Doctoral advisor
- Richard van Rees
- Field of work
- theoretical physics
- Image
- PSM V36 D594 Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau.jpg
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- Joseph Plateau
- date of birth
- 1801-00-00
- date of death
- 1883-00-00
- medical condition
- blindness
- name in native language
- Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau
- writing language
- French
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- has works in the collection
- Het Scheepvaartmuseum
- birth name
- Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau
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Encyclopedic overview
Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau ( French: [ʒozɛf ɑ̃twan fɛʁdinɑ̃ plato]; 14 October 1801 – 15 September 1883) 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.
Biography
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