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John Forbes Nash Jr., an Epic card
John Forbes Nash Jr., known and published as John Nash, was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to game theory, real algebraic geometry, differential geometry, and partial differential equations.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 89
- Power
- 170
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 880,000
Power 170 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
John Forbes Nash Jr. quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Forbes Nash Jr. card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Nash and fellow game ______ John Harsanyi and Reinhard Selten were awarded the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Answer
theorists. Nash and fellow game theorists John Harsanyi and Reinhard Selten were awarded the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. From the John Forbes Nash Jr. article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, he and Louis Nirenberg were awarded the Abel Prize for their contributions to the field of partial differential equations.
Answer
2010s. In 2015, he and Louis Nirenberg were awarded the Abel Prize for their contributions to the field of partial differential equations. From the John Forbes Nash Jr. article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Spanish–American War. Spanish–American War 96 · Cell culture 87 · John Forbes Nash Jr. 81 · Peace dollar 77 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Nash and fellow game theorists John Harsanyi and Reinhard Selten were awarded the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
- In 2015, he and Louis Nirenberg were awarded the Abel Prize for their contributions to the field of partial differential equations.
- As a graduate student in the Princeton University Department of Mathematics, Nash introduced a number of concepts, which are now considered central to game theory and its applications in various sciences.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John Forbes Nash Jr. article was read about 880,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 89: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, John Forbes Nash Jr. (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Peter Badge / Typos1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
