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Louis Slotin, a Rare card
Louis Alexander Slotin was a Canadian physicist and chemist who took part in the Manhattan Project.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 81
- Power
- 155
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 390,000
Power 155 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Louis Slotin quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Louis Slotin card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Afterwards, he joined the ______ of Chicago as a research associate to help design a cyclotron.
Answer
University. Afterwards, he joined the University of Chicago as a research associate to help design a cyclotron. From the Louis Slotin article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, Slotin was invited to participate in the Manhattan Project, and subsequently performed experiments with uranium and plutonium cores to determine their critical mass values.
Answer
1940s. In 1942, Slotin was invited to participate in the Manhattan Project, and subsequently performed experiments with uranium and plutonium cores to determine their critical mass values. From the Louis Slotin article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Thermonuclear weapon. Thermonuclear weapon 87 · Poisson distribution 83 · Lead service line 78 · Louis Slotin 74 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.
- Born and raised in the North End of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Slotin earned both his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the University of Manitoba, and his doctorate in physical chemistry at King's College London in 1936.
- Afterwards, he joined the University of Chicago as a research associate to help design a cyclotron.
- In 1942, Slotin was invited to participate in the Manhattan Project, and subsequently performed experiments with uranium and plutonium cores to determine their critical mass values.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Louis Slotin article was read about 390,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 81: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Louis Slotin
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Louis Slotin (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Los Alamos National Laboratory, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
