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Uncommon card · Science
George Gamow, an Uncommon card
George Gamow (sometimes Gammoff, born Georgiy Antonovich Gamov, Russian: Гео́ргий Анто́нович Га́мов, 4 March [O.S.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 77
- Power
- 151
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 46,000
Power 151 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
George Gamow quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the George Gamow card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was an early advocate and developer of ______ Lemaître's Big Bang theory.
Answer
Georges. He was an early advocate and developer of Georges Lemaître's Big Bang theory. From the George Gamow article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Embryology. Embryology 84 · Geology of the Moon 78 · George Gamow 74 · Ahmed Zewail 71 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.
- 20 February] 1904 – August 19, 1968) was a Soviet and American polymath, theoretical physicist and cosmologist.
- He was an early advocate and developer of Georges Lemaître's Big Bang theory.
- Gamow discovered a theoretical explanation of alpha decay by quantum tunneling, invented the liquid drop model, worked on radioactive decay, star formation, stellar nucleosynthesis, Big Bang nucleosynthesis, and predicted the existence of the cosmic microwave background radiation and molecular genetics.
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 Gamow article was read about 46,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 77: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
How to get George Gamow
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, George Gamow (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA / WMAP Science Team, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
