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Uncommon card · Science
James Lovelock, an Uncommon card
James Ephraim Lovelock was an English independent scientist, environmentalist and futurist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 170
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 93,000
Power 170 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
James Lovelock quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the James Lovelock card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His methods were influential in the ______ of cryonics.
Answer
theories. His methods were influential in the theories of cryonics. From the James Lovelock article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Enforced disappearance. Enforced disappearance 92 · Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 86 · James Lovelock 82 · Aries 77 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 150,000 · Aries 120,000 · James Lovelock 93,000 · Eternity 53,000 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 is best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which postulates that the Earth functions as a self-regulating system.
- With a PhD in the chemistry of disinfection, Lovelock began his career performing cryopreservation experiments on rodents, including successfully thawing and reviving frozen specimens.
- His methods were influential in the theories of cryonics.
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 Lovelock article was read about 93,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get James Lovelock
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.
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- Enforced disappearanceUncommon · History · ATK 92 DEF 78
- JamestownUncommon · History · ATK 82 DEF 88
- Lou DobbsUncommon · Society · ATK 84 DEF 86
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, James Lovelock (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bruno Comby, CC BY-SA 1.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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