Carl friedrich gauss mathematician biography projects
Carl friedrich gauss mathematician biography projects
Carl friedrich gauss!
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist (1777–1855)
"Gauss" redirects here. For other uses, see Gauss (disambiguation).
Carl Friedrich Gauss | |
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Portrait by Christian Albrecht Jensen, 1840 (copy from Gottlieb Biermann, 1887)[1] | |
| Born | Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-04-30)30 April 1777 Brunswick, Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 23 February 1855(1855-02-23) (aged 77) Göttingen, Kingdom of Hanover, German Confederation |
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| Known for | Full list |
| Spouses | Johanna Osthoff (m. 1805; died 1809)Minna Waldeck (m. 1810; died 1831) |
| Children | 6 |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics, Astronomy, Geodesy, Magnetism |
| Institutions | University of Göttingen |
| Thesis | Demonstratio nova... (1799) |
| Doctoral advisor | Joha
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