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Nikolay Basov, a Common card
Nikolay Gennadiyevich Basov was a Soviet physicist and educator.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 49
- Power
- 110
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,700
Power 110 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Nikolay Basov quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Nikolay Basov card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
For his fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics that led to the development of laser and maser, Basov shared the ____ Nobel Prize in Physics with Alexander Prokhorov and Charles Hard Townes.
Answer
1960s. For his fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics that led to the development of laser and maser, Basov shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Alexander Prokhorov and Charles Hard Townes. From the Nikolay Basov article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
1960 United States presidential election in West Virginia. 1960 United States presidential election in West Virginia 70 · Nguyễn An Ninh 64 · Nikolay Basov 61 · Yaqub-Har 56 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
1960 United States presidential election in West Virginia. 1960 United States presidential election in West Virginia 12,000 · Nikolay Basov 7,700 · Liu Wu, Prince of Liang 6,000 · Sallie Fox 4,800 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- For his fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics that led to the development of laser and maser, Basov shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Alexander Prokhorov and Charles Hard Townes.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Nikolay Basov article was read about 7,700 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 49: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Nikolay Basov (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Nobel foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
