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Richard R. Ernst, a Common card
Richard Robert Ernst was a Swiss physical chemist and Nobel laureate.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 50
- Power
- 111
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,200
Power 111 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Richard R. Ernst quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Richard R. Ernst card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He humbly referred to himself as a "tool-maker" rather than a ______.
Answer
scientist. He humbly referred to himself as a "tool-maker" rather than a scientist. From the Richard R. Ernst article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Ernst was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in ____ for his contributions towards the development of Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy while at Varian Associates and ETH Zurich.
Answer
1990s. Ernst was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1991 for his contributions towards the development of Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy while at Varian Associates and ETH Zurich. From the Richard R. Ernst article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Salim Al-Huss. Salim Al-Huss 69 · James Gregory 65 · Richard R. Ernst 61 · Reza Abbasi 57 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.
- Ernst was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1991 for his contributions towards the development of Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy while at Varian Associates and ETH Zurich.
- These underpin applications to both to chemistry with NMR spectroscopy and to medicine with magnetic resonance imaging.
- He humbly referred to himself as a "tool-maker" rather than a scientist.
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 R. Ernst 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 61 and blocks with 50: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Richard R. Ernst (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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