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Brian Josephson, an Uncommon card
Brian David Josephson is a British theoretical physicist and emeritus professor at the University of Cambridge.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 80
- Power
- 159
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 51,000
Power 159 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Brian Josephson quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Brian Josephson card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He has been a Fellow of ______ College, Cambridge, since 1962, and served as Professor of Physics from 1974 until 2007.
Answer
Trinity. He has been a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, since 1962, and served as Professor of Physics from 1974 until 2007. From the Brian Josephson article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In the early ____s, Josephson took up Transcendental Meditation and turned his attention to issues outside the boundaries of mainstream science.
Answer
1970s. In the early 1970s, Josephson took up Transcendental Meditation and turned his attention to issues outside the boundaries of mainstream science. From the Brian Josephson article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Boron nitride. Boron nitride 83 · Brian Josephson 79 · Jean-Pierre Changeux 76 · Centaurus A 72 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He won the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his theoretical predictions of the properties of a supercurrent through a tunnel barrier, in particular those phenomena which are generally known as the Josephson effects." Josephson has spent his academic career as a member of the Theory of Condensed Matter Group in Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory.
- He has been a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, since 1962, and served as Professor of Physics from 1974 until 2007.
- In the early 1970s, Josephson took up Transcendental Meditation and turned his attention to issues outside the boundaries of mainstream science.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Brian Josephson article was read about 51,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 80: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Brian Josephson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Brian Josephson, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
