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Paul Steinhardt, a Common card
Paul Joseph Steinhardt is an American theoretical physicist whose principal research is in cosmology and condensed matter physics.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 79
- Power
- 158
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 13,000
Power 158 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Paul Steinhardt quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Paul Steinhardt card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Steinhardt is best known for his development of new theories of the origin, evolution and future of the ______.
Answer
universe. Steinhardt is best known for his development of new theories of the origin, evolution and future of the universe. From the Paul Steinhardt article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
COVID-19 pandemic in the San Francisco Bay Area. COVID-19 pandemic in the San Francisco Bay Area 89 · Maxwell's equations 83 · Paul Steinhardt 79 · Carver Mead 75 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Sociological theory. Sociological theory 23,000 · Carver Mead 17,000 · Paul Steinhardt 13,000 · COVID-19 pandemic in the San Francisco Bay Area 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.
- He is currently the Albert Einstein Professor in Science at Princeton University, where he is on the faculty of both the Departments of Physics and of Astrophysical Sciences.
- Steinhardt is best known for his development of new theories of the origin, evolution and future of the universe.
- He is also well known for his exploration of a new form of matter, known as quasicrystals, which were thought to exist only as man-made materials until he co-discovered the first known natural quasicrystal in a museum sample.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Paul Steinhardt 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 79 and blocks with 79: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Paul Steinhardt (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Sleepy Geek, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
