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Walther Bothe, an Uncommon card
Walther Wilhelm Georg Bothe was a German experimental physicist who shared the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics with Max Born "for the coincidence method and his discoveries made therewith." Bothe served in the military during World War I from 1914, and he was a prisoner of war of the Russians, returning to Germany in 1920.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 72
- Power
- 143
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 17,000
Power 143 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Walther Bothe quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Walther Bothe card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 1930, Bothe became Full Professor and Director of the Physics Department at the ______ of Giessen.
Answer
University. In 1930, Bothe became Full Professor and Director of the Physics Department at the University of Giessen. From the Walther Bothe article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, he became Director of the Physical and Radiological Institute at Heidelberg University, he was driven out of this position by elements of the Deutsche Physik movement.
Answer
1930s. In 1932, he became Director of the Physical and Radiological Institute at Heidelberg University, he was driven out of this position by elements of the Deutsche Physik movement. From the Walther Bothe article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Michael Holt. Michael Holt 82 · Frank Hawthorne 78 · Industrial robot 75 · Walther Bothe 71 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.
- Upon his return to the laboratory, he developed and applied coincidence circuits to the study of nuclear reactions, such as the Compton effect, cosmic rays, and the wave–particle duality of radiation.
- In 1930, Bothe became Full Professor and Director of the Physics Department at the University of Giessen.
- In 1932, he became Director of the Physical and Radiological Institute at Heidelberg University, he was driven out of this position by elements of the Deutsche Physik movement.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Walther Bothe 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 71 and blocks with 72: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Walther Bothe (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Nobel foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
