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George Emil Palade, an Uncommon card
George Emil Palade was a Romanian-American cell biologist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 45
- Power
- 110
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 17,000
Power 110 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
George Emil Palade quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the George Emil Palade card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 1974 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in ______ or Medicine along with Albert Claude and Christian de Duve.
Answer
Physiology. In 1974 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with Albert Claude and Christian de Duve. From the George Emil Palade article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
André Gorz. André Gorz 68 · George Emil Palade 65 · Hormizd II 61 · Floor 58 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.
- In 1974 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with Albert Claude and Christian de Duve.
- The prize was granted for his innovations in electron microscopy and cell fractionation which together laid the foundations of modern molecular cell biology, the most notable discovery being the ribosomes of the endoplasmic reticulum – which he first described in 1955.
- Palade also received the U.S. National Medal of Science in Biological Sciences for "pioneering discoveries of a host of fundamental, highly organized structures in living cells" in 1986, and was previously elected a Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1961.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The George Emil Palade article was read about 17,000 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 45: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, George Emil Palade (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Post of Romania, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
