Later on gauss himself calculated the date based on snippets of information provided by his mother. Johann carl friedrich gauss was born on april 30, 1777 in the city of brunswick, germany. His mother was dorothea benze and his father was gebhard dietrich gauss. Mr buttner had the good grace to order an advanced arithmetic book, and the 8yearold carl. For more information on some of his descendants, see my main web site. Carl friedrich gauss was the last man who knew of all mathematics. Clearly, of the three, the biography that most mathematicians.
Sirola in tampere, finland to translate this biography into finnish for his blog. His mother was illiterate and did not even record the date of his birth. He is known for his monumental contribution to statistics, algebra, differential geometry, mechanics, astronomy and number theory among other fields. The author begins describing gauss s family from an early stage. It was recently discovered around this time, but scientists were unsure of when it would reappear in the night sky. Johann carl friedrich gauss was a german mathematician and physicist who made significant. What i wanted from this book was more information about gausss. He describes how his family treated his talent in maths, how carl advanced in his education, his. Early life and education karl friedrich gauss was born in brunswick, germany, on april 30, 1777. Carl friedrich gauss 17771855 is considered to be the greatest german. Johann carl friedrich gauss was born on 30 april 1777 in brunswick braunschweig, in the duchy of brunswickwolfenbuttel now part of lower saxony, germany, to poor, workingclass parents. Carl friedrich gauss was a prominent figure in the nineteenth century germany for his accomplishments in the discipline of mathematics. His mother was illiterate and never recorded the date of his birth, remembering only that he had been born on a wednesday, eight days before the feast of. Johann carl friedrich gauss was born in 1777 to poor, working class parents in brunswick in the duchy of duchy of brunswickwolfenbuttel, in what is now part of lower saxony, germany.
He describes how his family treated his talent in maths, how carl advanced in his education. Carl friedrich gauss 1777 1855 mactutor history of mathematics. The life of carl friedrich gauss is described by m. This book is a very dry and scholarly biography of gauss. Karl friedrich gauss biography life, children, death. After his second wifes death in 1831 therese took over the household and cared for gauss. Writing a biography of carl friedrich gauss cannot be the dream of every biographer. What first caught his interest was the dwarf planet, ceres.
Carl friedrich gauss biography, facts and pictures. Gauss continued his research in mathematics, and he even began writing books on the topic. It shows an incredible amount of research on the part of the author and includes pretty much anything. Wagner and gauss, in which they discussed william whewells book of the plurality of worlds. This site consists of selections from my familys private collection that concern. Johann carl friedrich gau 5 fast facts you need to know. Carl gauss was born on 30 april 1777 in brunswick braunschweig, in the duchy of brunswickwolfenbuttel into a poor family. This book begins with the first account of modular arithmetic, gives a thorough account of. He hoped carl would become a laborer and help support the family.
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