| Birth Day | October 14, 1801 |
| Birth Place | Belgium |
| Age | 218 YEARS OLD |
| Died On | Sep 15, 1883 (age 81) |
| Birth Sign | Libra |
Joseph Plateau, a renowned physicist hailing from Belgium, is estimated to have a net worth of $20 million by 2024. Plateau has gained recognition for his significant contributions to the field of physics, particularly in the study of light and optics. His groundbreaking research and pioneering work on visual perception and motion led to the invention of the phenakistiscope, an early motion-picture device. Plateau's expertise and relentless pursuit of scientific knowledge have not only earned him numerous accolades but also substantial wealth, making him one of the most influential physicists in Belgium.
Belgian Physicist who made the first step towards making movies by demonstrating the illusion of the moving image with his device, the phenakistoscope. He was also a Professor of experimental physics at Ghent University.
At six years of age he could already read and write, and was considered a child Prodigy.
Understanding that images stay on the retina for a short while even after they change, he fashioned a device that used counter rotating disks with repeating drawn images in small increments of motion on one and regularly spaced slits in the other, to demonstrate this.
His father was known locally as a talented Painter of flowers.
Thomas Edison employed some of his discoveries in building his moving-picture machine.
