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Abraham de Moivre, an Uncommon card
Abraham de Moivre was a French mathematician known for de Moivre's formula, a formula that links complex numbers and trigonometry, and for his work on the normal distribution and probability theory.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 49
- Power
- 122
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 43,000
Power 122 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Abraham de Moivre quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Abraham de Moivre card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was a ______ of Isaac Newton, Edmond Halley, and James Stirling.
Answer
friend. He was a friend of Isaac Newton, Edmond Halley, and James Stirling. From the Abraham de Moivre article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He moved to England at a young age due to the religious persecution of Huguenots in France which reached a climax in ____ with the Edict of Fontainebleau.
Answer
1680s. He moved to England at a young age due to the religious persecution of Huguenots in France which reached a climax in 1685 with the Edict of Fontainebleau. From the Abraham de Moivre article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He moved to England at a young age due to the religious persecution of Huguenots in France which reached a climax in 1685 with the Edict of Fontainebleau.
- He was a friend of Isaac Newton, Edmond Halley, and James Stirling.
- Among his fellow Huguenot exiles in England, he was a colleague of the editor and translator Pierre des Maizeaux.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Abraham de Moivre article was read about 43,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 49: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Abraham de Moivre (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Joseph Highmore, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
