WikiCards
Play on iPhone nowFree in Safari. Add it to your Home Screen.Play
WikiCards · Card list · Science cards · Jon Elster
Common card · Science
Jon Elster, a Common card
Jon Elster is a Norwegian philosopher and political theorist who holds the Robert K. Merton professorship of Social Science at Columbia University and since 2005 professor of social science at the Collège de France.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 26
- Power
- 88
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 14,000
Power 88 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Jon Elster quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jon Elster card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He received his PhD in social science from the École Normale ______ in 1972.
Answer
Superieure. He received his PhD in social science from the École Normale Superieure in 1972. From the Jon Elster article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Jon Elster is a Norwegian philosopher and political theorist who holds the Robert K. Merton professorship of Social Science at Columbia University and since ____ professor of social science at the Collège de France.
Answer
2000s. Jon Elster is a Norwegian philosopher and political theorist who holds the Robert K. Merton professorship of Social Science at Columbia University and since 2005 professor of social science at the Collège de France. From the Jon Elster article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Jon Elster. Jon Elster 62 · Ildefons Cerdà 57 · Crystal Symphony 54 · Needlework 50 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 received his PhD in social science from the École Normale Superieure in 1972.
- He has previously taught at the University of Paris, the University of Oslo, and the University of Chicago, where he became professor of political science in 1984.
- Since 1995, he has held the Robert K. Merton professorship of Social Science at Columbia University, as well as being professor of social science at the Collège de France since 2005.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jon Elster article was read about 14,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 26: each hit it takes is cut by 10 %.
How to get Jon Elster
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.
More Science cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Jon Elster in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Egg substitutesCommon · Society · ATK 54 DEF 34
- Jean Coutu GroupCommon · Society · ATK 58 DEF 30
- Jeffery XiongCommon · Society · ATK 55 DEF 33
- Missa Papae MarcelliCommon · Science · ATK 58 DEF 30
- New EarthCommon · Society · ATK 58 DEF 30
- SadkoCommon · Arts · ATK 51 DEF 37
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Science cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Jon Elster (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : HarvardEthics, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
.jpg){kind=link}