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David Brewster, an Uncommon card
Sir David Brewster was a British scientist, inventor, author, and academic administrator.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 77
- Power
- 150
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 24,000
Power 150 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
David Brewster quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the David Brewster card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He studied the ______ of crystals under compression and discovered photoelasticity, thereby creating the field of optical mineralogy.
Answer
birefringence. He studied the birefringence of crystals under compression and discovered photoelasticity, thereby creating the field of optical mineralogy. From the David Brewster article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Richard Cobden. Richard Cobden 80 · RAAF Woomera Range Complex 77 · David Brewster 73 · HMVS Cerberus 69 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.
- In science he is principally remembered for his experimental work in physical optics, mostly concerned with the study of the polarization of light and including the discovery of Brewster's angle.
- He studied the birefringence of crystals under compression and discovered photoelasticity, thereby creating the field of optical mineralogy.
- For this work, William Whewell dubbed him the "father of modern experimental optics" and "the Johannes Kepler of optics." Brewster was a pioneer in photography.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The David Brewster article was read about 24,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 77: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
How to get David Brewster
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, David Brewster (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Scottish Scientists, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
