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James David Forbes, a Common card
James David Forbes was a Scottish physicist and glaciologist who worked extensively on the conduction of heat and seismology.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 35
- Power
- 95
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,200
Power 95 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Forbes was a resident of Edinburgh for most of his life, educated at its University and a professor there from 1833 until he became principal of the United College of St Andrews in 1859.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The James David Forbes article was read about 4,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 35: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get James David Forbes
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, James David Forbes (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : James_David_Forbes.jpg : Unknown Unknown derivative work: Quibik ( talk ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
