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Charles H. Townes, an Uncommon card
Charles Hard Townes was an American physicist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 69
- Power
- 144
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 25,000
Power 144 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Charles H. Townes quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Charles H. Townes card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Nikolay Basov and Alexander ______.
Answer
Prokhorov. He shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Nikolay Basov and Alexander Prokhorov. From the Charles H. Townes article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Charles H. Townes. Charles H. Townes 75 · Hélène Carrère d'Encausse 72 · USS Princeton 69 · Clan Ross 66 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.
- Townes worked on the theory and application of the maser, for which he obtained the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics associated with both maser and laser devices.
- He shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Nikolay Basov and Alexander Prokhorov.
- Townes was an adviser to the U.S. Government, meeting every President from Harry S. Truman to Bill Clinton.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Charles H. Townes article was read about 25,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 69: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Charles H. Townes
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Charles H. Townes (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
