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Osamu Shimomura, a Common card
Osamu Shimomura was a Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist, and professor emeritus at Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts and Boston University School of Medicine.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 46
- Power
- 106
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 13,000
Ranked #2,682 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Osamu Shimomura quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Osamu Shimomura card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Two-state quantum system. Two-state quantum system 71 · John Arbuthnot 67 · Osamu Shimomura 60 · Roman jewelry 55 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Giant star. Giant star 26,000 · Two-state quantum system 19,000 · Osamu Shimomura 13,000 · HPD ARX-03 8,800 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.
- He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008 for the discovery and development of green fluorescent protein with two American scientists: Martin Chalfie of Columbia University and Roger Tsien of the University of California-San Diego.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Osamu Shimomura article was read about 13,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 46: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Osamu Shimomura
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Osamu Shimomura (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Prolineserver ( talk ), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
