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Richard Friend, a Common card
Sir Richard Henry Friend is a British physicist who was the Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge from 1995 until 2020 and is Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor at the National University of Singapore.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 35
- Power
- 92
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,200
Power 92 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Richard Friend quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Richard Friend card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Friend's research concerns the physics and engineering of carbon-based ______.
Answer
semiconductors. Friend's research concerns the physics and engineering of carbon-based semiconductors. From the Richard Friend article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
John of Joinville. John of Joinville 60 · Richard Friend 57 · Gustaf Dalén 54 · Legong 49 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.
- Friend's research concerns the physics and engineering of carbon-based semiconductors.
- He also serves as Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Research Foundation of Singapore.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Richard Friend 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 57 and blocks with 35: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Richard Friend
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Richard Friend (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Patrik Tschudin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
