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Edgar Adrian, a Common card
Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian was an English electrophysiologist and recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Physiology, won jointly with Sir Charles Sherrington for work on the function of neurons.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 59
- DEF
- 41
- Power
- 100
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,600
Power 100 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Edgar Adrian quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Edgar Adrian card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He provided experimental evidence for the all-or-none law of ______.
Answer
nerves. He provided experimental evidence for the all-or-none law of nerves. From the Edgar Adrian article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian was an English electrophysiologist and recipient of the ____ Nobel Prize for Physiology, won jointly with Sir Charles Sherrington for work on the function of neurons.
Answer
1930s. Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian was an English electrophysiologist and recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Physiology, won jointly with Sir Charles Sherrington for work on the function of neurons. From the Edgar Adrian article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
1988 United States presidential election in Utah. 1988 United States presidential election in Utah 67 · Vasil Bykaŭ 62 · Edgar Adrian 59 · Max Hoelz 50 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He provided experimental evidence for the all-or-none law of nerves.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Edgar Adrian article was read about 7,600 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 59 and blocks with 41: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Edgar Adrian (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
