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Slovenian Innovators

From the Workings of the Earth to Travels in Space

 

 

Located in south central Europe and framed by neighbors Italy, Austria, Hungary, Croatia and the Adriatic Sea, Slovenia has a population of two million.  In land mass, compact Slovenia is roughly equivalent in size to the state of New Jersey.

 

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While coming from a modest-sized country, Slovene scientists and transportation pioneers have added many key innovations to the global body of knowledge.  Many Slovenian scientists and other talented individuals have earned international acclaim; this presentation offers a sampling of Slovene innovators through the centuries.

The Innovators

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Various Inventions

 

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John Bucik

 

Dr Dusam Prevorsek

 

Dr Robert A Pucel

 

Dr August Raspet

 

Dr France Rode

 

Joe Sutter

 

 

 

Jacob Zupan

 

 

 

 

 

Janez Vajkard Valvasor

(1641 – 1693)

 

 

 

 

Early Slovene Polymath and Inventor

Jurij Vega (Veha in Slovene)

(1754-1802)

 

 

 

Ballistics Expert and Logarithm Tables Author

Edvard Rusjan

(1886-1911)

 

 

 

 

Fearless Slovene Aviation Pioneer

Peter Kozler

(1824-1879)

 

 

 

 

Cartographer and manufacturer

Jožek (Joseph) Stefan

(1835-1893)

 

 

Physicist and light radiation pioneer

Johann Puch

(1862–1914)

 

A Mechanical Wizard Who Became

Central Europe’s Henry Ford

Herman Potočnik (Noordung)

(1892 – 1929)

 

 

 

Rocket engineer and space travel visionary

Friderik “Fritz” Pregl

(1869 –1930)

 

 

 

Nobel Prize Laureate and Micro-analytic Chemist

Richard C. Fuisz, M.D.

 

 

 

 

 

Pharmaceutical Innovator

Martin Strel

 

 

 

Ultra Swim Marathoner - Bridging Nations

Franc Strgar

 

 

 

 

 

Civil Engineer and founder of SRF Consulting Group, Inc. in Wayzata, MN

Iron Forging Equipment

 

Ribnica's Krošnjarji

 

 

 

Slovenian Peddler of Slovenian wooden handcrafts called suha roba

World's Oldest Wheel

 

 

 

 

Found in Slovenia in a Ljubljana marsh

 

 

 

 

Sources and Credits

  • Compiled by Jeff Martinka, Supplemented by Other TCS Members

  • Edward Gobetz, Slovenian Heritage Vol. 1, Willoughby Hills, OH, 1980

  • Republic of Slovenia Pubic Relations and Media Office, Facts about Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2000

  • www.Slovenia.si – Gateway to Information about Slovenia

  • Wikipedia – On-line Encyclopedia