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John Clarke, an Uncommon card
John Clarke is a British experimental physicist and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 58
- Power
- 122
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Power 122 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
John Clarke quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Clarke card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is known for his ______ works on measurement devices based on superconductivity.
Answer
various. He is known for his various works on measurement devices based on superconductivity. From the John Clarke article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Steven Girvin has called Clarke "the godfather of superconducting electronics." In the ____s, Clarke led a research team that included John M. Martinis and Michel Devoret.
Answer
1980s. Steven Girvin has called Clarke "the godfather of superconducting electronics." In the 1980s, Clarke led a research team that included John M. Martinis and Michel Devoret. From the John Clarke article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Digital signature. Digital signature 74 · Alexey Pajitnov 69 · John Clarke 64 · ZNF821 60 ATK in WikiCards.
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 known for his various works on measurement devices based on superconductivity.
- Steven Girvin has called Clarke "the godfather of superconducting electronics." In the 1980s, Clarke led a research team that included John M. Martinis and Michel Devoret.
- Their discoveries in macroscopic quantum phenomena using the Josephson effect earned them the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2025.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John Clarke article was read about 180,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 58: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get John Clarke
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John Clarke (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : UC Berkeley, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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