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ANGELA PISKERNIK
HERMAN POTOCNIK NOORDUNG
PISKERNIK’S PRESCRIPTION GLASSES from
the 1960s. Archives of the Republic of Slovenia.Photo: Nebojša Tejić, STA .
TO SPACE AND BACK
This copy of Potočnik’s book with a crit-
ical introduction is a symbol of the integra-
tion of his foundational ideas following his
death: Russian cosmonauts took it to the In-
ternational Space Station, currently the only
human settlement not on planet Earth, and it
was published by the Cultural Centre of Euro-
pean Space Technologies (KSEVT), which con-
tinues to develop Potočnik’s ideas.
Cultural Centre of European Space Technologies. Photo: Nebojša Tejić, STA.
THE IDENTIFICATION KEY for flowering plants
and ferns, 1941.
Slovenian Museum of Natural History. Photo: Nebojša Tejić, STA
FRIDERIK (FRITZ) PREGL
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PREGL’S MICROANALYSIS DEVICE. In the
Angela Piskernik’s herbarium from 1949.
Slovenian Museum of Natural History. Photo: Nebojša Tejić, STA
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past, questions were raised as regards Pregl’s
attitude to Slovenian culture. But it is indis-
putable that he expressed gratitude to the