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Roger Cotes, an Uncommon card
Roger Cotes was an English mathematician, known for working closely with Isaac Newton by proofreading the second edition of his famous book, the Principia, before publication.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 39
- Power
- 101
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 17,000
Power 101 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Roger Cotes quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Roger Cotes card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was the first Plumian Professor at Cambridge ______ from 1707 until his death.
Answer
University. He was the first Plumian Professor at Cambridge University from 1707 until his death. From the Roger Cotes article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Jaroslav Pelikan. Jaroslav Pelikan 65 · Roger Cotes 62 · Donald Michie 59 · Samuel Crompton 56 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.
- He also devised the quadrature formulas known as Newton–Cotes formulas, which originated from Newton's research, and made a geometric argument that can be interpreted as a logarithmic version of Euler's formula.
- He was the first Plumian Professor at Cambridge University from 1707 until his death.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Roger Cotes article was read about 17,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 39: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Roger Cotes
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Roger Cotes (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
