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Gábor A. Somorjai, a Common card
Gabor A. Somorjai was a Hungarian-born American professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, and was a leading researcher in the field of surface chemistry and catalysis, especially the catalytic effects of metal surfaces on gas-phase reactions.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 35
- Power
- 96
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,400
Power 96 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Gábor A. Somorjai quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gábor A. Somorjai card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In April 2015, Somorjai was awarded the ______ Chemical Society's William H. Nichols Medal.
Answer
American. In April 2015, Somorjai was awarded the American Chemical Society's William H. Nichols Medal. From the Gábor A. Somorjai article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Pavan Sukhdev. Pavan Sukhdev 64 · Gábor A. Somorjai 61 · Igor Volk 58 · John King Davis 54 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- For his contributions to the field, Somorjai won the Wolf Prize in Chemistry in 1998, the Linus Pauling Award in 2000, the National Medal of Science in 2002, the Priestley Medal in 2008, the 2010 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Science and the NAS Award in Chemical Sciences in 2013.
- In April 2015, Somorjai was awarded the American Chemical Society's William H. Nichols Medal.
Why it is Common
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Text : Wikipedia, Gábor A. Somorjai (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : National Science Foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
