Abstract Quote by Carl Friedrich Gauss
“Sophie Germain proved to the world that even a woman can accomplish something in the most rigorous and abstract of sciences and for that reason would well have deserved an honorary degree.”
“Sophie Germain proved to the world that even a woman can accomplish something in the most rigorous and abstract of sciences and for that reason would well have deserved an honorary degree.”
![“[On Sophie Germain] When a person of the sex which, according to our customs and prejudices, must encounter infinitely more difficulties than men... succeeds nevertheless in surmounting these obstacles and penetrating the most obscure parts of [number theory], then without doubt she must have the…” quote by Carl Friedrich Gauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/221/carl-friedrich-gauss-9412_courage_on-sophie-germain-when-a-person-of-the-s_2237596.jpg)
![“That one must do some work seriously and must be independent and not merely amuse oneself in life-this our mother [Marie Curie] has told us always, but never that science was the only career worth following.” quote by Irene Joliot-Curie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/abf/irene-joliot-curie-86609_accounts_that-one-must-do-some-work-seriously-and_2645247.jpg)
![“It is always noteworthy that all those who seriously study this science [the theory of numbers] conceive a sort of passion for it.” quote by Carl Friedrich Gauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/24a/carl-friedrich-gauss-9412_mathematics_it-is-always-noteworthy-that-all-those-w_488590.jpg)
