WikiCards
Play on iPhone nowFree in Safari. Add it to your Home Screen.Play
WikiCards · Card list · Science cards · James Braid
Uncommon card · Science
James Braid, an Uncommon card
James Braid was a Scottish surgeon, natural philosopher, and "gentleman scientist".
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 71
- Power
- 157
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 15,000
Power 157 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
James Braid quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the James Braid card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
He is regarded by some, such as William S. Kroger (____, p.
Answer
2000s. He is regarded by some, such as William S. Kroger (2008, p. From the James Braid article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Curved spacetime. Curved spacetime 52,000 · Jöns Jacob Berzelius 35,000 · James Braid 15,000 · Charles Edward Merriam 6,100 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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 was a significant innovator in the treatment of clubfoot, spinal curvature, knock-knees, bandy legs, and squint, a significant pioneer of hypnotism and hypnotherapy, and an important and influential pioneer in the adoption of both hypnotic anaesthesia and chemical anaesthesia.
- He is regarded by some, such as William S. Kroger (2008, p.
- 3), as the "Father of Modern Hypnotism".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The James Braid article was read about 15,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 86 and blocks with 71: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get James Braid
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
More Science cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below James Braid in the power ranking, all domains together.
- John Couch AdamsUncommon · History · ATK 72 DEF 85
- Bruno PontecorvoUncommon · Science · ATK 75 DEF 82
- Henry IV of France's wives and mistressesUncommon · History · ATK 74 DEF 83
- Vance County, North CarolinaCommon · Society · ATK 72 DEF 85
- Behrouz BoochaniCommon · Arts · ATK 78 DEF 79
- Carlos MartínezCommon · Society · ATK 77 DEF 80
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Science cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, James Braid (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Edwin Cocking (1818-1892), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
