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Shiing-Shen Chern, an Uncommon card
Shiing-Shen Chern was a Chinese-born American mathematician.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 160
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 49,000
Power 160 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Shiing-Shen Chern quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Shiing-Shen Chern card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He made fundamental ______ to differential geometry and topology.
Answer
contributions. He made fundamental contributions to differential geometry and topology. From the Shiing-Shen Chern article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of Slovenia. History of Slovenia 84 · Repeating firearm 80 · Shiing-Shen Chern 77 · Praseodymium 73 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He made fundamental contributions to differential geometry and topology.
- He has been called the "father of modern differential geometry" and is widely regarded as a leader in geometry and one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century, winning numerous awards and recognition including the Wolf Prize and the inaugural Shaw Prize.
- In memory of Shiing-Shen Chern, the International Mathematical Union established the Chern Medal in 2010 to recognize "an individual whose accomplishments warrant the highest level of recognition for outstanding achievements in the field of mathematics." Chern worked at the Institute for Advanced Study, spent about a decade at the University of Chicago, and then moved to University of California…
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Shiing-Shen Chern article was read about 49,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Shiing-Shen Chern (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : George Bergman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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