Joško Battestin (14 March 1918 – 21 September 2020) was a Slovene

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, inventor, physics teacher and author of a number of books on

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s in

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, many aimed at aiding the understanding of the subject by secondary school students. Amongst his publications is a book on

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, expanding on the theories of

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that Battestin published in 2008 at the age of 91. In 1965 he won the

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for his book ''Mikroskop Pionir'' (The Pioneer Microscope). He turned 100 in March 2018. In September 2019, it was reported that Battestin, 101, lived in a care home for elderly residents. He died in

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on 21 September 2020 at the age of 102.Jožko Battestin (1918–2020)
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Selected published works

* ''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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