WikiCards
Play on iPhone nowFree in Safari. Add it to your Home Screen.Play
WikiCards · Card list · Science cards · David Gelernter
Uncommon card · Science
David Gelernter, an Uncommon card
David Hillel Gelernter is an American computer scientist and writer, and a professor of computer science at Yale University.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 66
- Power
- 138
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 140,000
Power 138 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
David Gelernter quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the David Gelernter card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 1993, Gelernter was sent a mail bomb by Ted Kaczynski, also known as the ______.
Answer
Unabomber. In 1993, Gelernter was sent a mail bomb by Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber. From the David Gelernter article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Lie algebra. Lie algebra 79 · Stock exchange 75 · David Gelernter 72 · Mecha 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.
- Gelernter is known for contributions to parallel computation in the 1980s, and for books on topics such as computed worlds and America-Lite: How Imperial Academia Dismantled Our Culture, that liberal academia has a destructive influence on American society.
- In 1993, Gelernter was sent a mail bomb by Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber.
- He opened it and the resulting explosion almost killed him, leaving him with loss of use of his right hand as it destroyed four fingers, and permanent damage to his right eye.
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 Gelernter article was read about 140,000 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 66: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get David Gelernter
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
More Science cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below David Gelernter in the power ranking, all domains together.
- AstrakhanUncommon · Society · ATK 72 DEF 66
- Char siuUncommon · Society · ATK 67 DEF 71
- Chris BeckUncommon · History · ATK 70 DEF 68
- David RossUncommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 67
- GijónUncommon · Society · ATK 77 DEF 61
- IcebreakerUncommon · Science · ATK 74 DEF 64
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Science cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, David Gelernter (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Repdan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
