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Robert G. Gallager, a Common card
Robert Gray Gallager is an American electrical engineer known for his work on information theory and communications networks.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 22
- Power
- 79
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 9,200
Power 79 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 20 % of WikiCards cards.
Robert G. Gallager quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Robert G. Gallager card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He received the ______ E. Shannon Award from the IEEE Information Theory Society in 1983.
Answer
Claude. He received the Claude E. Shannon Award from the IEEE Information Theory Society in 1983. From the Robert G. Gallager article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Gallager was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in ____ for contributions to coding and communications theory and practice.
Answer
1970s. Gallager was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1979 for contributions to coding and communications theory and practice. From the Robert G. Gallager article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Robert G. Gallager. Robert G. Gallager 57 · LG enV2 53 · American pale ale 50 · Stylobate 43 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.
- Gallager was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1979 for contributions to coding and communications theory and practice.
- He was also elected an IEEE Fellow in 1968, a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1992, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999.
- He received the Claude E. Shannon Award from the IEEE Information Theory Society in 1983.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Robert G. Gallager article was read about 9,200 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 22: each hit it takes is cut by 9 %.
How to get Robert G. Gallager
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Robert G. Gallager (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Marie Gallager, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
