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Leon Cooper, an Uncommon card
Leon N. Cooper was an American theoretical physicist and neuroscientist who shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on superconductivity.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 61
- Power
- 125
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 16,000
Power 125 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Leon Cooper quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Leon Cooper card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In neuroscience, Cooper co-developed the BCM theory of ______ plasticity.
Answer
synaptic. In neuroscience, Cooper co-developed the BCM theory of synaptic plasticity. From the Leon Cooper article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Leon N. Cooper was an American theoretical physicist and neuroscientist who shared the ____ Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on superconductivity.
Answer
1970s. Leon N. Cooper was an American theoretical physicist and neuroscientist who shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on superconductivity. From the Leon Cooper article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Vehicle registration plates of Georgia. Vehicle registration plates of Georgia 74 · Donald Howard Menzel 70 · Leon Cooper 64 · Kazuyo Sejima 59 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.
- Cooper developed the concept of Cooper pairs and collaborated with John Bardeen and John Robert Schrieffer to develop the BCS theory of conventional superconductivity.
- In neuroscience, Cooper co-developed the BCM theory of synaptic plasticity.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Leon Cooper article was read about 16,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 61: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Leon Cooper
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Leon Cooper (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
