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William Stanley Jevons, an Uncommon card
William Stanley Jevons was an English economist and logician.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 74
- Power
- 149
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 38,000
Power 149 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
William Stanley Jevons quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the William Stanley Jevons card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In so doing, it ______ upon the "final" utility theory of value.
Answer
expounded. In so doing, it expounded upon the "final" utility theory of value. From the William Stanley Jevons article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Aubrey de Grey. Aubrey de Grey 50,000 · William Stanley Jevons 38,000 · Neural crest 30,000 · Herbig–Haro object 24,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- Irving Fisher described Jevons's book The Theory of Political Economy as the start of the mathematical method in economics.
- It made the case that economics, as a science concerned with quantities, is necessarily mathematical.
- In so doing, it expounded upon the "final" utility theory of value.
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 Stanley Jevons article was read about 38,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 74: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get William Stanley Jevons
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, William Stanley Jevons (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown (via University of Manchester Libraries), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
