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Fields Medal, an Epic card
The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians under 40 years of age at the International Congress of Mathematicians of the International Mathematical Union, a convention which takes place every four years.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 93
- Power
- 177
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 550,000
Power 177 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Fields Medal quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Fields Medal card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The name of the award honors the ______ mathematician John Charles Fields.
Answer
Canadian. The name of the award honors the Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields. From the Fields Medal article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Bhopal disaster. Bhopal disaster 1,200,000 · Fields Medal 550,000 · Sputnik 1 430,000 · 1922 in Michigan 460 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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 name of the award honors the Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields.
- Its purpose is to give recognition and support to younger mathematical researchers who have made major contributions to the field of mathematics.
- The Fields Medal is regarded as one of the highest honors a mathematician can receive, according to the annual Academic Excellence Survey by ARWU, and has been described as the "Nobel Prize of Mathematics".
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Fields Medal article was read about 550,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 93: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Fields Medal
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Fields Medal (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Stefan Zachow for the International Mathematical Union, retouched by King of Hearts, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
