Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (30 April 1777 Braunschweig – 23 February 1855 Göttingen) was a German mathematician.
Gauss contributed significantly to ma...
It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment. Carl Friedrich Gauss
It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.
I have a true aversion to teaching. The perennial business of a professor of mathematics is only to teach the ABC of his science… And with this thankless work the professor loses his noble time. Carl Friedrich Gauss
I have a true aversion to teaching. The perennial business of a professor of mathematics is only to teach the ABC of his science… And with this thankless work the professor loses his noble time.
Mathematics is the queen of sciences and number theory is the queen of mathematics. Carl Friedrich Gauss
Mathematics is the queen of sciences and number theory is the queen of mathematics.
I have had my results for a long time: but I do not yet know how I am to arrive at them. Carl Friedrich Gauss
I have had my results for a long time: but I do not yet know how I am to arrive at them.
God does arithmetic. Carl Friedrich Gauss
God does arithmetic.
When the architect completes a fine building, he removes the scaffolding. Carl Friedrich Gauss
When the architect completes a fine building, he removes the scaffolding.
Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes. Carl Friedrich Gauss
Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes.
When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial. When he says something that is not trivial then it is false. Carl Friedrich Gauss
When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial. When he says something that is not trivial then it is false.
The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it. Carl Friedrich Gauss
The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it.
Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders. Carl Friedrich Gauss
Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.
When I have clarified and exhausted a subject, then I turn away from it, in order to go into darkness again. Carl Friedrich Gauss
When I have clarified and exhausted a subject, then I turn away from it, in order to go into darkness again.
Further, the dignity of the science itself seems to require that every possible means be explored for the solution of a problem so elegant and so celebrated. Carl Friedrich Gauss
Further, the dignity of the science itself seems to require that every possible means be explored for the solution of a problem so elegant and so celebrated.
