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Uncommon card · Science
William Gilbert, an Uncommon card
William Gilbert, also known as Gilberd, was an English physician, physicist and natural philosopher.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 46
- Power
- 114
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 23,000
Power 114 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He passionately rejected both the prevailing Aristotelian philosophy and the Scholastic method of university teaching.
- He is remembered today largely for his book De Magnete.
- A unit of magnetomotive force, also known as magnetic potential, was named the Gilbert in his honour, it has now been superseded by the Ampere-turn.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The William Gilbert article was read about 23,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 46: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get William Gilbert
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, William Gilbert (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
