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Joško Battestin

よしゅこ・ばてしゅちん

Joško Battestin

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1918-03-14 (Ljubljana)
Died
2020-09-21 (Ljubljana) age 102
Nationality
Slovenia
Languages
Slovene
Residence History
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Career

Occupations
electrical engineer, inventor, physics teacher, author
Active Years
1963-2008
Influenced By
Ludwig Klages

Awards

Levstik Award
1965
Work: Mikroskop Pionir
Organization: Mladinska knjiga
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Mikroskop pionir

1963 Physics education book

A book on the pioneer microscope aimed at secondary school students.

Physics experimentsEducation

Osnove grafologije

2008 Graphology

Book on graphology expanding on Ludwig Klages' theories.

Graphology
Translations
  • French: Les bases de la graphologie (2011)

Bibliography

  • Mikroskop pionir (The Pioneer Microscope), 1963
  • Fizikalni praktikum II – electricity and magnetism (The Physics Lab II – electricity and magnetism), 1983
  • Fizikalni praktikum I – mechanics, sound and waves (The Physics Lab I – mechanics, sound and waves), 1985
  • Optika – osnove in meritve (Optics – the Basics and Measurements), 1991
  • Preskusi iz mehanike (Experiments in Mechanics), 1994
  • Preskusi iz optike (Experiments in Optics), 2004
  • Osnove grafologije (The Basics of Graphology), 2008

Legacy

Known for educational books on physics experiments, winner of Levstik Award. Lived to 102.

Trivia

  • Turned 100 in March 2018.
  • At age 101, lived in a care home for the elderly.