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Bruno Rossi, a Common card
Bruno Benedetto Rossi was an Italian-American experimental physicist.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 93
- Power
- 179
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,500
Power 179 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Bruno Rossi quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bruno Rossi card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He made major ______ to particle physics and the study of cosmic rays.
Answer
contributions. He made major contributions to particle physics and the study of cosmic rays. From the Bruno Rossi article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
A ____ graduate of the University of Bologna, he became interested in cosmic rays.
Answer
1920s. A 1927 graduate of the University of Bologna, he became interested in cosmic rays. From the Bruno Rossi article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Artemis program. Artemis program 1,700,000 · History of malaria 38,000 · 2012 Republican Party presidential candidates 19,000 · Bruno Rossi 6,500 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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 major contributions to particle physics and the study of cosmic rays.
- A 1927 graduate of the University of Bologna, he became interested in cosmic rays.
- To study them, he invented an improved electronic coincidence circuit and travelled to Eritrea to conduct experiments that showed that cosmic ray intensity from the West was significantly larger than that from the East.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bruno Rossi article was read about 6,500 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 86 and blocks with 93: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bruno Rossi (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
