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Norman Haworth, a Common card
Sir Walter Norman Haworth FRS was a British chemist best known for his groundbreaking work on ascorbic acid while working at the University of Birmingham.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 56
- DEF
- 35
- Power
- 91
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,600
Power 91 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Norman Haworth quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Norman Haworth card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The prize was shared with Swiss chemist Paul Karrer for his work on other ______.
Answer
vitamins. The prize was shared with Swiss chemist Paul Karrer for his work on other vitamins. From the Norman Haworth article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He received the ____ Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his investigations on carbohydrates and vitamin C".
Answer
1930s. He received the 1937 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his investigations on carbohydrates and vitamin C". From the Norman Haworth article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He received the 1937 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his investigations on carbohydrates and vitamin C".
- The prize was shared with Swiss chemist Paul Karrer for his work on other vitamins.
- Haworth worked out the correct structure of a number of sugars, and is known among organic chemists for his development of the Haworth projection that translates three-dimensional sugar structures into convenient two-dimensional graphical form.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Norman Haworth article was read about 4,600 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 56 and blocks with 35: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Norman Haworth (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Nobel Foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
