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Christopher Clavius, an Uncommon card
Christopher Clavius, was a Jesuit German mathematician and physicist, head of mathematicians at the Collegio Romano, and astronomer who was a member of the Vatican commission that accepted the proposed calendar invented by Aloysius Lilius, that is known as the Gregorian calendar.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 42
- Power
- 104
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 15,000
Power 104 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Christopher Clavius quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Christopher Clavius card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Clavius would later write defences and an ______ of the reformed calendar, including an emphatic acknowledgement of Lilius' work.
Answer
explanation. Clavius would later write defences and an explanation of the reformed calendar, including an emphatic acknowledgement of Lilius' work. From the Christopher Clavius article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ulrich Beck. Ulrich Beck 66 · Christopher Clavius 62 · Giotto Bizzarrini 59 · Prusten 56 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.
- Clavius would later write defences and an explanation of the reformed calendar, including an emphatic acknowledgement of Lilius' work.
- In his last years, he was probably the most respected astronomer in Europe and his textbooks were used for astronomical education for over fifty years in and even out of Europe.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Christopher Clavius article was read about 15,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 42: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Christopher Clavius (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Rijksmuseum, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
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