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Theodore Maiman, an Uncommon card
Theodore Harold Maiman was an American engineer and physicist who is widely credited with the invention of the laser.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 74
- Power
- 143
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 30,000
Power 143 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Theodore Maiman quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Theodore Maiman card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Maiman's laser led to the ______ development of many other types of lasers.
Answer
subsequent. Maiman's laser led to the subsequent development of many other types of lasers. From the Theodore Maiman article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The laser was successfully fired on May 16, ____.
Answer
1960s. The laser was successfully fired on May 16, 1960. From the Theodore Maiman article on Wikipedia.
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.
- Maiman's laser led to the subsequent development of many other types of lasers.
- The laser was successfully fired on May 16, 1960.
- In a July 7, 1960, press conference in Manhattan, Maiman and his employer, Hughes Aircraft Company, announced the laser to the world.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Theodore Maiman article was read about 30,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 74: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Theodore Maiman (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
