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Martin Karplus, a Common card
Martin Karplus was an Austrian and American theoretical chemist.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 55
- Power
- 122
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 13,000
Power 122 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Martin Karplus quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Martin Karplus card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was the Theodore William Richards Professor of ______ at Harvard University.
Answer
Chemistry. He was the Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University. From the Martin Karplus article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Karplus received the ____ Nobel Prize in Chemistry, together with Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel, for "the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems".
Answer
2010s. Karplus received the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, together with Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel, for "the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems". From the Martin Karplus article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Robert Farah. Robert Farah 76 · Martin Karplus 67 · Aurel Vlaicu 64 · Vasudeva I 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.
- He was the Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University.
- He was also the director of the Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, a joint laboratory between the French National Center for Scientific Research and the University of Strasbourg, France.
- Karplus received the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, together with Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel, for "the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems".
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Martin Karplus article was read about 13,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 55: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Martin Karplus
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Martin Karplus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
