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Uncommon card · Science
Francesco Redi, an Uncommon card
Francesco Redi was an Italian physician, naturalist, biologist, and poet.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 65
- Power
- 130
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 28,000
Power 130 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Francesco Redi quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Francesco Redi card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is referred to as the "founder of ______ biology", and as the "father of modern parasitology".
Answer
experimental. He is referred to as the "founder of experimental biology", and as the "father of modern parasitology". From the Francesco Redi article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Philippe Pinel. Philippe Pinel 74 · Albert Szent-Györgyi 71 · Starburst galaxy 68 · Francesco Redi 65 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.
- He is referred to as the "founder of experimental biology", and as the "father of modern parasitology".
- He was the first person to challenge the theory of spontaneous generation by demonstrating that maggots come from eggs of flies.
- Having a doctoral degree in both medicine and philosophy from the University of Pisa at the age of 21, he worked in various cities of Italy.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Francesco Redi article was read about 28,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 65: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Francesco Redi
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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The cards just above and just below Francesco Redi in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Fay WeldonUncommon · History · ATK 71 DEF 59
- François AragoUncommon · History · ATK 71 DEF 59
- Dušan BajevićUncommon · Society · ATK 72 DEF 58
- On the SublimeUncommon · Arts · ATK 67 DEF 63
- Silas DeaneUncommon · History · ATK 66 DEF 64
- History of SeychellesUncommon · History · ATK 73 DEF 57
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Francesco Redi (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jacob Ferdinand Voet, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
