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Uncommon card · Science
George M. Whitesides, an Uncommon card
George McClelland Whitesides is an American chemist and professor of chemistry at Harvard University.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 68
- Power
- 140
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 18,000
Power 140 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
George M. Whitesides quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the George M. Whitesides card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
A prolific author and patent holder who has received many awards, he received the highest Hirsch index rating of all living chemists in ____.
Answer
2010s. A prolific author and patent holder who has received many awards, he received the highest Hirsch index rating of all living chemists in 2011. From the George M. Whitesides article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
William Graham Sumner. William Graham Sumner 76 · George M. Whitesides 72 · Vladimir K. Zworykin 69 · Surgical instrument 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 best known for his work in the areas of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, organometallic chemistry, molecular self-assembly, soft lithography, microfabrication, microfluidics, and nanotechnology.
- A prolific author and patent holder who has received many awards, he received the highest Hirsch index rating of all living chemists in 2011.
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 M. Whitesides article was read about 18,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 68: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get George M. Whitesides
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, George M. Whitesides (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Conrad Erb, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
