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Uncommon card · Science
Melvin Calvin, an Uncommon card
Melvin Ellis Calvin was an American biochemist known for discovering the Calvin cycle along with Andrew Benson and James Bassham.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 48
- Power
- 115
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 17,000
Power 115 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Melvin Calvin quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Melvin Calvin card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He spent most of his five-decade career at the ______ of California, Berkeley.
Answer
University. He spent most of his five-decade career at the University of California, Berkeley. From the Melvin Calvin article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He was awarded the ____ Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his research on the carbon dioxide assimilation in plants".
Answer
1960s. He was awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his research on the carbon dioxide assimilation in plants". From the Melvin Calvin article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Roger Wolcott Sperry. Roger Wolcott Sperry 71 · Melvin Calvin 67 · Atmospheric science 64 · János Bolyai 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 awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his research on the carbon dioxide assimilation in plants".
- He spent most of his five-decade career at the University of California, Berkeley.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Melvin Calvin article was read about 17,000 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 48: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get Melvin Calvin
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The cards just above and just below Melvin Calvin in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Henri MoissanUncommon · Science · ATK 64 DEF 51
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- Johann Joseph FuxUncommon · Arts · ATK 66 DEF 49
- Miftah IsmailUncommon · Science · ATK 59 DEF 56
- Roger Wolcott SperryUncommon · Science · ATK 71 DEF 44
- William KleinUncommon · Arts · ATK 64 DEF 51
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Melvin Calvin (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
