Alojzij Franc 'Alojz' Kodre (born 22 February 1944 in

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, Austria) is a

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n physicist and translator. Kodre was a professor at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics in Ljubljana, where he lectured

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and Model Analysis. In Mathematical Physics, he succeeded Ivan Kuščer, who was the first lecturer of this subject at the University of Ljubljana. Kodre researches

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(inner shells), low-energy spectroscopy and

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phenomena caused by

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. After he retired, he was bestowed with the title of an

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by the University. He has translated a number of English and American

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works to Slovene: * Douglas Adams: '' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' (1988), ''

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'' (1988), '' Life, the Universe and Everything'' (1989), ''

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'' (2000), ''

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'' (1993), '' The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time'' (2002); *

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: '' The Martian Chronicles'' (1980); *

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'' (1976); * Fred Hoyle: '' Fifth Planet'' (1972); and others. He is also known from a song by the singer-songwriter Marko Brecelj, ''Alojz valček (Alojz Waltz)''. Brecelj sang about a "master of mafia" (i.e., of mathematical physics). In October 2022, Alojz Kodre was awarded the Blinc Award (named after

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) by the

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for lifetime achievement.

Selected works

* In collaboration with Ivan Kuščer, ''Matematika v fiziki in tehniki'', Matematika – fizika : zbirka univerzitetnih učbenikov in monografij athematics - Physics : Collection of University Textbooks and Monographs 36, Ljubljana, DMFA – publishing, 1994, 2006, ISBN 961-212-033-1

References

External links

* Blog story
Douglas Adams: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (III)
* Blog story

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