“...and his analysis proved him to be the first of theoretical astronomers no less than the greatest of 'arithmeticians.” — W.W. Rouse Ball Copy Share Image
“Thou, nature, art my goddess; to thy laws my services are bound... { His second motto, from King Lear by Shakespeare }” — Carl Friedrich Gauss Copy Share Image
“[On scientist Carl Friedrich Gauss] [Carl Friedrich] Gauss told his friend Rudolf Wagner, a professor of biology at Gottingen University, that he… — Gerhard Falk Copy Share Image
“The great masters of modern analysis are Lagrange , Laplace , and Gauss , who were contemporaries. It is interesting to note… — W.W. Rouse Ball Copy Share Image
“If the theory of numbers could be employed for any practical and obviously honourable purpose, if it could be turned directly to… — G.H. Hardy Copy Share Image
“ He is like the fox, who effaces his tracks in the sand with his tail. { Describing the writing style of… — Niels Henrik Abel Copy Share Image
“The importance of C.F. Gauss for the development of modern physical theory and especially for the mathematical fundament of the theory of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“In describing the honourable mission I charged him with, M. Pernety informed me that he made my name known to you .… — Sophie Germain Copy Share Image
