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Edward Kasner, a Common card
Edward Kasner was an American mathematician best known for introducing the term googol for 10100.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 55
- DEF
- 25
- Power
- 80
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 13,000
Power 80 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was a Professor of Mathematics at Columbia University , the first Jewish person appointed to a faculty position in the sciences at Columbia , specializing in differential geometry.
- Kasner is also known for the Kasner metric and the Kasner polygon.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Edward Kasner article was read about 13,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 55 and blocks with 25: each hit it takes is cut by 10 %.
How to get Edward Kasner
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Edward Kasner (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
