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Georg von Békésy, a Common card
Georg von Békésy was a Hungarian-American biophysicist.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 34
- Power
- 97
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,900
Power 97 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Georg von Békésy quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Georg von Békésy card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
High frequencies cause more vibration at the base of the ______ while low frequencies create more vibration at the apex.
Answer
cochlea. High frequencies cause more vibration at the base of the cochlea while low frequencies create more vibration at the apex. From the Georg von Békésy article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Bernhard Russi. Bernhard Russi 66 · Georg von Békésy 63 · Paul Du Chaillu 58 · Yuri Ilyenko 55 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.
- By using strobe photography and silver flakes as a marker, he was able to observe that the basilar membrane moves like a surface wave when stimulated by sound.
- Because of the structure of the cochlea and the basilar membrane, different frequencies of sound cause the maximum amplitudes of the waves to occur at different places on the basilar membrane along the coil of the cochlea.
- High frequencies cause more vibration at the base of the cochlea while low frequencies create more vibration at the apex.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Georg von Békésy article was read about 6,900 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 34: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Georg von Békésy
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The cards just above and just below Georg von Békésy in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Bernhard RussiCommon · Society · ATK 66 DEF 31
- Eduardo CamposCommon · History · ATK 62 DEF 35
- Valery GazzaevCommon · History · ATK 60 DEF 37
- Moaz al-KhatibCommon · History · ATK 59 DEF 38
- Brent GuerraCommon · Society · ATK 61 DEF 36
- Evgeny TishchenkoCommon · Society · ATK 63 DEF 34
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Georg von Békésy (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : The Nobel Foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
