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D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, an Uncommon card
Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson CB FRS FRSE was a Scottish biologist, classicist and mathematician.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 80
- Power
- 152
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 22,000
Power 152 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was elected a ______ of the Royal Society, was knighted, and received the Darwin Medal and the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal.
Answer
Fellow. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, was knighted, and received the Darwin Medal and the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal. From the D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Marlon Samuels. Marlon Samuels 34,000 · D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson 22,000 · Department for International Development 17,000 · Peter Agre 13,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was a pioneer of mathematical and theoretical biology, travelled on expeditions to the Bering Strait and held the position of Professor of Natural History at University College, Dundee for 32 years, then at St Andrews for 31 years.
- He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, was knighted, and received the Darwin Medal and the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal.
- Thompson is remembered as the author of the 1917 book On Growth and Form, which led the way for the scientific explanation of morphogenesis, the process by which patterns and body structures are formed in plants and animals.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson article was read about 22,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 80: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Robertson, Dundee, Scotland (photographer). Courtesy of the University of St Andrews Libra, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
