Palaeolithic Thaumatropes, Moving images... and a surprise!

Last week we saw some examples of thaumatropes, and how they were popular in 19th century Britain. But did you know that prehistoric people made their own thaumatropes and even had early cinema?  This article explains, and you can watch the animation.




Now we have new ways of making moving images. Check out these animated GIFs by David Szakaly:






And the surprise!  Would you like to meet these creatures?????





 On November 20th (5ºB) and November 24th (5ºA) we are going to see them in Madrid!