Carl Friedrich Gauss

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Biography

German mathematician and physicist

  • Country
  • Germany
  • Nationality
  • German
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 30 April 1777
  • Place of birth
  • Braunschweig
  • Death date
  • 1855-02-23
  • Death age
  • 78
  • Place of death
  • Göttingen
  • Residence
  • Braunschweig·Kingdom of Hanover
  • Children
  • Joseph Gauß·Wilhelmine Gauss·Therese Gauss·Eugene Gauss
  • Spouses
  • Johanna Osthoff·
  • Education
  • Technical University of Braunschweig·University of Göttingen·University of Helmstedt
  • Knows language
  • Latin·German language
  • Member of
  • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences·Accademia nazionale delle scienze·Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences·Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences·Hungarian Academy of Sciences·Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities·Academy of Sciences of Turin·Russian Academy of Sciences·Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities·Prussian Academy of Sciences·American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Quotes

It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not the possession of but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.

We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori.

The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it.

It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment. .

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