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Emilio Segrè, an Uncommon card
Emilio Gino Segrè was an Italian-American nuclear physicist and radiochemist who discovered the elements technetium and astatine, and the antiproton, a subatomic antiparticle, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1959, along with Owen Chamberlain.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 81
- Power
- 153
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 23,000
Power 153 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Emilio Segrè quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Emilio Segrè card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
From 1936 to 1938 he was director of the Physics Laboratory at the ______ of Palermo.
Answer
University. From 1936 to 1938 he was director of the Physics Laboratory at the University of Palermo. From the Emilio Segrè article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Born in Tivoli, near Rome, Segrè studied engineering at the University of Rome La Sapienza before taking up physics in ____.
Answer
1920s. Born in Tivoli, near Rome, Segrè studied engineering at the University of Rome La Sapienza before taking up physics in 1927. From the Emilio Segrè article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Compressed-air energy storage. Compressed-air energy storage 81 · Dani Rowe 78 · Ancient Greek medicine 75 · Emilio Segrè 72 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.
- Born in Tivoli, near Rome, Segrè studied engineering at the University of Rome La Sapienza before taking up physics in 1927.
- Segrè was appointed assistant professor of physics at the University of Rome in 1932 and worked there until 1936, becoming one of the Via Panisperna boys.
- From 1936 to 1938 he was director of the Physics Laboratory at the University of Palermo.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Emilio Segrè article was read about 23,000 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 81: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Emilio Segrè
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Emilio Segrè (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Nobel foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
