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Joško Battestin

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Joško Battestin
Born(1918-03-14)14 March 1918
Died21 September 2020 (aged 102)
Ljubljana, Slovenia
AwardsLevstik Award
1965 for Mikroskop Pionir
Scientific career
Fieldsphysics

Joško Battestin (14 March 1918 – 21 September 2020) was a Slovene electrical engineer, inventor, physics teacher and author of a number of books on experiments in physics, many aimed at aiding the understanding of the subject by secondary school students.[1]

Amongst his publications is a book on graphology, expanding on the theories of Ludwig Klages that Battestin published in 2008 at the age of 91.[2] In 1965 he won the Levstik Award for his book Mikroskop Pionir (The Pioneer Microscope).[3] He turned 100 in March 2018.[4] In September 2019, it was reported that Battestin, 101, lived in a care home for elderly residents.[5] He died in Ljubljana on 21 September 2020 at the age of 102.[6]

Selected published works

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  • Osnove grafologije (The Basics of Graphology), 2008 (also published in French in 2011, Les bases de la graphologie)
  • Preskusi iz optike (Experiments in Optics), 2004
  • Preskusi iz mehanike (Experiments in Mechanics), 1994
  • Optika – osnove in meritve (Optics – the Basics and Measurements), 1991
  • Fizikalni praktikum I – mehanika, zvok in valovanje (The Physics Lab I – mechanics, sound and waves), 1985
  • Fizikalni praktikum II – elektrika in magnetizem (The Physics Lab II – electricity and magnetism), 1983
  • Mikroskop pionir (The Pioneer Microscope), 1963

References

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  1. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport site, 2005 Awards for Achievements in Education
  2. ^ Buča books site ISBN 978-9619009628
  3. ^ "The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site". Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  4. ^ 100th birthday notice
  5. ^ Jožko Battestin, star 101 leto: Bodite ustvarjalni
  6. ^ Jožko Battestin (1918–2020)