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Rare card · Science
Rachel Carson, a Rare card
Rachel Louise Carson was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose sea trilogy and book Silent Spring are credited with advancing marine conservation and the global environmental movement.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 93
- Power
- 177
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 220,000
Ranked #880 of the 2,999 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Carson began her career as an aquatic biologist in the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, and became a full-time nature writer in the 1950s.
- Her widely praised 1951 bestseller The Sea Around Us won her a U.S. National Book Award, recognition as a gifted writer, and financial security.
- Its success prompted the republication of her first book, Under the Sea Wind, in 1952, which was followed by The Edge of the Sea in 1955 , both were also bestsellers.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Rachel Carson article was read about 220,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 93: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Rachel Carson
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Rachel Carson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
