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Jim Al-Khalili, an Uncommon card
Jameel Sadik Al-Khalili is an Iraqi-British theoretical physicist and science populariser.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 56
- Power
- 128
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 86,000
Power 128 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is a professor of theoretical physics and chair in the public engagement in science at the University of Surrey.
- He is a regular broadcaster and presenter of science programmes on BBC radio and television and a frequent commentator about science in other British media.
- In 2014, Al-Khalili was named a RISE leader by the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jim Al-Khalili article was read about 86,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 56: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Jim Al-Khalili
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Jim Al-Khalili (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Duncan.Hull, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.