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Uncommon card · Science
Ettore Majorana, an Uncommon card
Ettore Majorana was an Italian theoretical physicist who worked on neutrino masses.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 57
- Power
- 127
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 69,000
Power 127 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Ettore Majorana quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ettore Majorana card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 2006, the Majorana Prize was established in his ______.
Answer
memory. In 2006, the Majorana Prize was established in his memory. From the Ettore Majorana article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, Enrico Fermi was quoted as saying about Majorana: "There are several categories of scientists in the world, those of second or third rank do their best but never get very far.
Answer
1930s. In 1938, Enrico Fermi was quoted as saying about Majorana: "There are several categories of scientists in the world, those of second or third rank do their best but never get very far. From the Ettore Majorana article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Cyberspace. Cyberspace 73 · Ettore Majorana 70 · Band gap 67 · Battle of Rocroi 63 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.
- The Majorana equation, Majorana fermions, and Microsoft's device attempting to create topological qubits, Majorana 1, are named after him.
- In 2006, the Majorana Prize was established in his memory.
- In 1938, Enrico Fermi was quoted as saying about Majorana: "There are several categories of scientists in the world, those of second or third rank do their best but never get very far.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ettore Majorana article was read about 69,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 57: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Ettore Majorana
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ettore Majorana (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author / Mondadori Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
