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Yoichiro Nambu, an Uncommon card
Yoichiro Nambu was a Japanese-American physicist and professor at the University of Chicago.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 76
- Power
- 148
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 24,000
Power 148 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Yoichiro Nambu quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Yoichiro Nambu card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In addition, he co-created the Nambu–Jona-Lasinio model, which explained the ______ origin of mass in nucleons.
Answer
dynamical. In addition, he co-created the Nambu–Jona-Lasinio model, which explained the dynamical origin of mass in nucleons. From the Yoichiro Nambu article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Gabriele Tarquini. Gabriele Tarquini 87 · Labour economics 76 · Yoichiro Nambu 72 · Diamond DA20 Katana 69 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Chernihiv Oblast. Chernihiv Oblast 35,000 · Yoichiro Nambu 24,000 · Irregular moon 17,000 · Bangladesh–China relations 8,300 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.
- Known for his groundbreaking contributions to theoretical physics, Nambu was the originator of the theory of spontaneous symmetry breaking, a concept that revolutionized particle physics.
- He was also a pioneer of quantum chromodynamics, one of the founding figures of string theory, and the proposer of Nambu mechanics.
- In addition, he co-created the Nambu–Jona-Lasinio model, which explained the dynamical origin of mass in nucleons.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Yoichiro Nambu article was read about 24,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 76: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Yoichiro Nambu (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Betsy Devine, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

