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Uncommon card · Science
Max Delbrück, an Uncommon card
Max Ludwig Henning Delbrück was a German–American biophysicist who participated in launching the molecular biology research program in the late 1930s.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 53
- Power
- 121
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 19,000
Power 121 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Max Delbrück quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Max Delbrück card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
Max Ludwig Henning Delbrück was a German–American biophysicist who participated in launching the molecular biology research program in the late ____s.
Answer
1930s. Max Ludwig Henning Delbrück was a German–American biophysicist who participated in launching the molecular biology research program in the late 1930s. From the Max Delbrück article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Copy protection. Copy protection 78 · Mario Bunge 71 · Max Delbrück 68 · Hazardous Materials Identification System 62 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 stimulated physical scientists' interest into biology, especially as to basic research to physically explain genes, mysterious at the time.
- Formed in 1945 and led by Delbrück along with Salvador Luria and Alfred Hershey, the Phage Group made substantial headway unraveling important aspects of genetics.
- The three shared the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Max Delbrück article was read about 19,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 53: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
How to get Max Delbrück
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Max Delbrück (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : The original uploader was MalteAhrens at German Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
