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Gordon Gould, a Common card
Richard Gordon Gould was an American physicist who is sometimes credited with the invention of the laser and the optical amplifier.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 54
- Power
- 119
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 9,300
Power 119 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Gordon Gould quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gordon Gould card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He also fought with laser manufacturers in court battles to enforce the ______ he subsequently did obtain.
Answer
patents. He also fought with laser manufacturers in court battles to enforce the patents he subsequently did obtain. From the Gordon Gould article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Victor Goldschmidt. Victor Goldschmidt 68 · Gordon Gould 65 · Symbols of the European Union 62 · Shiva Balak Misra 57 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.
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- Gould is best known for his thirty-year fight with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to obtain patents for the laser and related technologies.
- He also fought with laser manufacturers in court battles to enforce the patents he subsequently did obtain.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gordon Gould article was read about 9,300 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 54: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Gordon Gould
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gordon Gould (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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