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Benjamin Peirce, a Common card
Benjamin Peirce was an American mathematician who taught at Harvard University for approximately 50 years.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 44
- Power
- 107
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Power 107 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Benjamin Peirce quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Benjamin Peirce card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He made contributions to celestial mechanics, statistics, number theory, algebra, and the philosophy of ______.
Answer
mathematics. He made contributions to celestial mechanics, statistics, number theory, algebra, and the philosophy of mathematics. From the Benjamin Peirce article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Walery Sławek. Walery Sławek 66 · Benjamin Peirce 63 · Linda B. Buck 59 · Gemma Frisius 55 ATK in WikiCards.
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 made contributions to celestial mechanics, statistics, number theory, algebra, and the philosophy of mathematics.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Benjamin Peirce article was read about 11,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 44: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Benjamin Peirce
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Benjamin Peirce in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Linda B. BuckCommon · Science · ATK 59 DEF 48
- Martin NodellCommon · Arts · ATK 60 DEF 47
- Walery SławekCommon · History · ATK 66 DEF 41
- Calvin SmithCommon · Society · ATK 64 DEF 43
- CassiopeiaCommon · Society · ATK 59 DEF 48
- Eldar GasimovCommon · Arts · ATK 64 DEF 43
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Benjamin Peirce (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
