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John Maynard Smith, an Uncommon card
John Maynard Smith was a British theoretical and mathematical evolutionary biologist and geneticist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 49
- Power
- 115
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 25,000
Power 115 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
John Maynard Smith quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Maynard Smith card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Originally an ______ engineer during the Second World War, he took a second degree in genetics under the biologist J. B. S. Haldane.
Answer
aeronautical. Originally an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War, he took a second degree in genetics under the biologist J. B. S. Haldane. From the John Maynard Smith article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Old Javanese. Old Javanese 73 · Involvement of Northeast Indian insurgents in the Myanmar conflict 69 · John Maynard Smith 66 · John T. Chambers 61 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.
- Originally an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War, he took a second degree in genetics under the biologist J. B. S. Haldane.
- Maynard Smith was instrumental in the application of game theory to evolution with George R. Price, and theorised on other problems such as the evolution of sex and signalling theory.
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 Maynard Smith article was read about 25,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 49: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get John Maynard Smith
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- TeramoUncommon · Society · ATK 67 DEF 48
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- Fred BrooksUncommon · History · ATK 65 DEF 50
- John T. ChambersUncommon · History · ATK 61 DEF 54
- Old JavaneseUncommon · Society · ATK 73 DEF 42
- Ryan MaloneUncommon · Society · ATK 65 DEF 50
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John Maynard Smith (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Web of Stories, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
