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Joseph Black, an Uncommon card
Joseph Black was a Scottish physicist and chemist, known for his discoveries of magnesium, latent heat, specific heat, and carbon dioxide.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 57
- Power
- 123
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 20,000
Power 123 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was professor of anatomy and chemistry at the University of Glasgow for 10 years from 1756, and then professor of medicine and chemistry at the University of Edinburgh from 1766, teaching and lecturing there for more than 30 years.
- The chemistry buildings at both the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow are named after Black.
- The latter celebrated its centenary in 2024, with alumni from eighty years back attending.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Joseph Black article was read about 20,000 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 57: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Joseph Black (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Rogers, J, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.