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Uncommon card · Science
Pierre Gassendi, an Uncommon card
Pierre Gassendi was a French philosopher, Catholic priest, astronomer, and mathematician.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 74
- Power
- 145
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 26,000
Power 145 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Pierre Gassendi quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Pierre Gassendi card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The lunar ______ Gassendi is named after him.
Answer
crater. The lunar crater Gassendi is named after him. From the Pierre Gassendi article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He was also an active observational scientist, publishing the first data on the transit of Mercury in ____.
Answer
1630s. He was also an active observational scientist, publishing the first data on the transit of Mercury in 1631. From the Pierre Gassendi article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2016 Detroit Lions season. 2016 Detroit Lions season 88 · Coordination complex 78 · Game controller 74 · Pierre Gassendi 71 ATK in WikiCards.
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.
- While he held a church position in south-east France, he also spent much time in Paris, where he was a leader of a group of free-thinking intellectuals.
- He was also an active observational scientist, publishing the first data on the transit of Mercury in 1631.
- The lunar crater Gassendi is named after him.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Pierre Gassendi article was read about 26,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 74: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Pierre Gassendi
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, Pierre Gassendi (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Louis-Édouard Rioult, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
