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Laura Bassi, an Uncommon card
Laura Maria Caterina Bassi Veratti was an Italian physicist and academic.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 68
- Power
- 139
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 24,000
Power 139 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Laura Bassi quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Laura Bassi card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Working at the University of Bologna, she was the first salaried female teacher in a ______.
Answer
university. Working at the University of Bologna, she was the first salaried female teacher in a university. From the Laura Bassi article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Agricultural policy. Agricultural policy 78 · Bioregionalism 74 · Laura Bassi 71 · Organosilicon chemistry 68 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Abu Mansur al-Maturidi. Abu Mansur al-Maturidi 30,000 · Laura Bassi 24,000 · Organosilicon chemistry 13,000 · Photometry 10,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- Recognized and depicted as "Minerva", she was the first woman to have a doctorate in science, and the second woman in the world to earn the Doctor of Philosophy degree.
- Working at the University of Bologna, she was the first salaried female teacher in a university.
- At one time the highest paid employee of the university, by the end of her life Bassi held two other professorships.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Laura Bassi article was read about 24,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 68: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Laura Bassi
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The cards just above and just below Laura Bassi in the power ranking, all domains together.
- BioregionalismUncommon · Science · ATK 74 DEF 65
- Anna AtkinsUncommon · Science · ATK 69 DEF 70
- AureliaUncommon · Nature · ATK 70 DEF 69
- Common collared lizardUncommon · Nature · ATK 69 DEF 70
- Sydney Grammar SchoolUncommon · Society · ATK 77 DEF 62
- Tom BlomqvistUncommon · Society · ATK 83 DEF 56
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Laura Bassi (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Carlo Vandi, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.



