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Pedro Nunes, a Common card
Pedro Nunes was a Portuguese mathematician, cosmographer, and professor, probably from a New Christian family.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 123
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,200
Power 123 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Considered one of the greatest mathematicians of his time, Nunes is best known for being the first to approach navigation and cartography with mathematical tools.
- Among other accomplishments, he was the first to propose the idea of a loxodrome, and was the inventor of several measuring devices, including the nonius, named after his Latin surname.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Pedro Nunes article was read about 8,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Pedro Nunes
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Pedro Nunes (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
