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Peter Atkins, an Uncommon card
Peter William Atkins is an English chemist and a Fellow of Lincoln College at the University of Oxford.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 35
- Power
- 96
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 22,000
Power 96 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Peter Atkins quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Peter Atkins card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is a ______ writer of popular chemistry textbooks, including Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Molecular Quantum Mechanics.
Answer
prolific. He is a prolific writer of popular chemistry textbooks, including Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Molecular Quantum Mechanics. From the Peter Atkins article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He retired in ____.
Answer
2000s. He retired in 2007. From the Peter Atkins article on Wikipedia.
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 retired in 2007.
- He is a prolific writer of popular chemistry textbooks, including Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Molecular Quantum Mechanics.
- Atkins is also the author of a number of popular science books, including Atkins' Molecules, Galileo's Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science and On Being.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Peter Atkins article was read about 22,000 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 35: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Peter Atkins
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Peter Atkins (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Denis Sacharnych, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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