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Mario Livio, a Common card
Mario Livio is an Israeli-American astrophysicist and an author of works that popularize science and mathematics.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 37
- Power
- 101
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,400
Power 101 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Mario Livio quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Mario Livio card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
For 24 years he was an ______ at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which operates the Hubble Space Telescope.
Answer
astrophysicist. For 24 years he was an astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which operates the Hubble Space Telescope. From the Mario Livio article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Giuseppe Tucci. Giuseppe Tucci 67 · Mario Livio 64 · Russell Kirsch 58 · Samudra Raksa 55 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.
- For 24 years he was an astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which operates the Hubble Space Telescope.
- He has published more than 400 scientific articles on topics including cosmology, supernova explosions, black holes, extrasolar planets, and the emergence of life in the universe.
- His book on the irrational number phi, The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number, won the Peano Prize and the International Pythagoras Prize for popular books on mathematics.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Mario Livio article was read about 6,400 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 37: each hit it takes is cut by 15 %.
How to get Mario Livio
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Mario Livio (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Festival della Scienza from Genova, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
