astronomy

Žarko Dolinar

Žarko Dolinar is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Žarko Dolinar rather than just read about it. In short: Žarko Dolinar (3 July 1920 – 9 March 2003) was a Croatian biologist and table tennis player who won eight medals at the World Table Tennis Championships. He was born in a family of Slovene economic migrants to Croatia.

Key takeaways

Žarko Dolinar belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Žarko Dolinar to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Žarko Dolinar from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Žarko Dolinar (3 July 1920 – 9 March 2003) was a Croatian biologist and table tennis player who won eight medals at the World Table Tennis Championships. He was born in a family of Slovene economic migrants to Croatia. In 1939, at the age of 18 he became the national champion of Yugoslavia. Dolinar was champion of the Independent State of Croatia multiple times, and also competed for its national team on nine occasions. He also won three English Open titles. Dolinar is one of few world sporting champions with a Ph.D. degree. He graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in 1949, and received a doctorate in 1959. He was world doubles champion with his partner, Vilim Harangozo. Dolinar was also head of the Sports Science Committee for the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). A university professor in both Zagreb and Basel, Dolinar and his brother Boris were honored as the Righteous Among the Nations for saving Jews during World War II. On a number of occasions, the Dolinar brothers provided Jews with forged identity documents and travel permits, used their connections to have them released from imprisonment, and helped them travel to safety. In 2016, Dolinar was inducted into the European Table Tennis Hall of Fame.

See also List of table tennis players List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

External links

ŽIVLJENJEPISI SLOVENCEV V HRVAŠKEM ŠPORTU. slovenci-zagreb.hr (2014). pp. 119–122 About Žarko Dolinar on Yad Vashem's Website "Tribute to Žarko Dolinar", STK Industrogradnja (in Croatian)

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Žarko Dolinar

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Žarko Dolinar claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Žarko Dolinar before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Žarko Dolinar ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Žarko Dolinar

In research: Žarko Dolinar appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Žarko Dolinar in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Žarko Dolinar is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1920 births, 2003 deaths, Academic staff of the University of Basel, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Žarko Dolinar outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Žarko Dolinar in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Žarko Dolinar means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Žarko Dolinar in simple terms?

Why does Žarko Dolinar matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Žarko Dolinar?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Žarko Dolinar.