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Max Perutz, an Uncommon card
Max Ferdinand Perutz was an Austrian-born British molecular biologist, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with John Kendrew, for their studies of the structures of haemoglobin and myoglobin.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 53
- Power
- 123
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 18,000
Power 123 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Max Perutz quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Max Perutz card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He went on to win the Royal Medal of the Royal Society in 1971 and the ______ Medal in 1979.
Answer
Copley. He went on to win the Royal Medal of the Royal Society in 1971 and the Copley Medal in 1979. From the Max Perutz article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Max Ferdinand Perutz was an Austrian-born British molecular biologist, who shared the ____ Nobel Prize for Chemistry with John Kendrew, for their studies of the structures of haemoglobin and myoglobin.
Answer
1960s. Max Ferdinand Perutz was an Austrian-born British molecular biologist, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with John Kendrew, for their studies of the structures of haemoglobin and myoglobin. From the Max Perutz article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He went on to win the Royal Medal of the Royal Society in 1971 and the Copley Medal in 1979.
- At Cambridge he founded and chaired The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, fourteen of whose scientists have won Nobel Prizes.
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 Perutz article was read about 18,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 53: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Max Perutz (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Associated Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
