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Google Celebrates Joseph Plateau On His 218th Birth Anniversary 

It’s the 218th birth anniversary of Belgian physicist Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau.

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Google celebrated the 218th birth anniversary of Belgian physicist Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau, a well-known scientist in the nineteenth century, with a google doodle on Monday, 14 October. Plateau is revered for his discovery of physiological optics, particularly the effect of light and color on the human retina.

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