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Ars Magna, a Common card
The Ars Magna is an important Latin-language book on algebra written by Gerolamo Cardano.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 50
- DEF
- 15
- Power
- 65
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,000
Power 65 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 10 % of WikiCards cards.
Ars Magna quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ars Magna card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
There was a ______ edition in Cardano's lifetime, published in 1570.
Answer
second. There was a second edition in Cardano's lifetime, published in 1570. From the Ars Magna article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
It was first published in ____ under the title Artis Magnae, Sive de Regulis Algebraicis, Lib. unus.
Answer
1540s. It was first published in 1545 under the title Artis Magnae, Sive de Regulis Algebraicis, Lib. unus. From the Ars Magna 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.
- It was first published in 1545 under the title Artis Magnae, Sive de Regulis Algebraicis, Lib. unus.
- There was a second edition in Cardano's lifetime, published in 1570.
- It is considered one of the three greatest scientific treatises of the early Renaissance, together with Copernicus' De revolutionibus orbium coelestium and Vesalius' De humani corporis fabrica.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ars Magna article was read about 8,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 50 and blocks with 15: each hit it takes is cut by 6 %.
How to get Ars Magna
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ars Magna (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : JCSantos, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
