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Uncommon card · Science
Hero of Alexandria, an Uncommon card
Hero of Alexandria was a Greek mathematician and engineer who was active in Alexandria during the Roman era.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 48
- Power
- 116
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 100,000
Power 116 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He has been described as the greatest experimentalist of antiquity and a representative of the Hellenistic scientific tradition.
- Hero published a well-recognized description of a steam-powered device called an aeolipile, also known as "Hero's engine".
- Among his most famous inventions was a windwheel, constituting the earliest instance of wind harnessing on land.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hero of Alexandria article was read about 100,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 48: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get Hero of Alexandria
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hero of Alexandria (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
