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Russell Alan Hulse, a Common card
Russell Alan Hulse is an American astrophysicist.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 48
- DEF
- 20
- Power
- 68
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,500
Power 68 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 10 % of WikiCards cards.
Russell Alan Hulse quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Russell Alan Hulse card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
This was the first indirect detection of ______ waves, later directly detected by Kip Thorne, Barry Barish and Rainer Weiss.
Answer
gravitational. This was the first indirect detection of gravitational waves, later directly detected by Kip Thorne, Barry Barish and Rainer Weiss. From the Russell Alan Hulse article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He shared the ____ Nobel Prize in Physics with Joseph Hooton Taylor "for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation".
Answer
1990s. He shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physics with Joseph Hooton Taylor "for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation". From the Russell Alan Hulse article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Joseph Valentin Boussinesq. Joseph Valentin Boussinesq 52 · Russell Alan Hulse 48 · Lattice degeneration 45 · Cellulose acetate butyrate 41 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 shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physics with Joseph Hooton Taylor "for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation".
- This was the first indirect detection of gravitational waves, later directly detected by Kip Thorne, Barry Barish and Rainer Weiss.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Russell Alan Hulse article was read about 5,500 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 48 and blocks with 20: each hit it takes is cut by 8 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Russell Alan Hulse (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : ENERGY.GOV, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
