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Hendrik Casimir, a Common card
Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir was a Dutch physicist who made significant contributions to the field of quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 27
- Power
- 85
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 14,000
Power 85 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Hendrik Casimir quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hendrik Casimir card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Hendrik Casimir is also known for his research on the two-fluid model of ______ in 1934.
Answer
superconductors. Hendrik Casimir is also known for his research on the two-fluid model of superconductors in 1934. From the Hendrik Casimir article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ferdinand Georg Frobenius. Ferdinand Georg Frobenius 61 · Hendrik Casimir 58 · Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro 55 · Eric III of Denmark 49 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 on the Casimir effect, which describes the attractive force between two uncharged plates in a vacuum due to quantum fluctuations of the electromagnetic field.
- Hendrik Casimir is also known for his research on the two-fluid model of superconductors in 1934.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hendrik Casimir article was read about 14,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 58 and blocks with 27: each hit it takes is cut by 11 %.
How to get Hendrik Casimir
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The cards just above and just below Hendrik Casimir in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Kenan MalikUncommon · Science · ATK 61 DEF 24
- Maciej MusiałCommon · Arts · ATK 55 DEF 30
- Eric III of DenmarkCommon · History · ATK 49 DEF 36
- Johann Friedrich GmelinCommon · Science · ATK 55 DEF 30
- Júlia KudiessCommon · Society · ATK 52 DEF 33
- Otto JelinekCommon · History · ATK 58 DEF 27
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hendrik Casimir (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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