WikiCards
Play on iPhone nowFree in Safari. Add it to your Home Screen.Play
WikiCards · Card list · Science cards · Martin Hellman
Uncommon card · Science
Martin Hellman, an Uncommon card
Martin Edward Hellman is an American cryptologist and mathematician, best known for his invention of public-key cryptography in cooperation with Whitfield Diffie and Ralph Merkle.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 41
- Power
- 103
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 23,000
Power 103 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Martin Hellman quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Martin Hellman card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 2015, he and ______ Diffie won the ACM Turing Award.
Answer
Whitfield. In 2015, he and Whitfield Diffie won the ACM Turing Award. From the Martin Hellman article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Hellman was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in ____ for contributions to the theory and practice of cryptography.
Answer
2000s. Hellman was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2002 for contributions to the theory and practice of cryptography. From the Martin Hellman article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Symmetry. Symmetry 70 · Martin Hellman 62 · Emin Pasha 58 · Zinc sulfide 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.
- Hellman is a longtime contributor to the computer privacy debate, and has applied risk analysis to a potential failure of nuclear deterrence.
- Hellman was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2002 for contributions to the theory and practice of cryptography.
- In 2015, he and Whitfield Diffie won the ACM Turing Award.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Martin Hellman article was read about 23,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 41: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Martin Hellman
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
More Science cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Martin Hellman in the power ranking, all domains together.
- SymmetryUncommon · Society · ATK 70 DEF 33
- Absolute space and timeUncommon · Society · ATK 63 DEF 40
- Kim Sei-youngUncommon · Society · ATK 65 DEF 38
- Projection screenUncommon · Science · ATK 64 DEF 39
- Semyon BychkovUncommon · Arts · ATK 63 DEF 40
- Claude Cohen-TannoudjiUncommon · Science · ATK 59 DEF 44
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Science cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Martin Hellman (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : User .:Ajvol:. on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
