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Gauss

A Biographical Study

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  • © 1981

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  1. W. K. Bühler

    1. Mt. Kisco, USA

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Gauss’s Personal Interests After His Second Wife’s Death

    • W. K. Bühler
    Pages 131-134

  2. The Güttingen Seven

    • W. K. Bühler
    Pages 135-137

  3. The Method of Least Squares

    • W. K. Bühler
    Pages 138-141

  4. Numerical Work. Dioptrics

    • W. K. Bühler
    Pages 142-145

  5. The Years 1838–1855

    • W. K. Bühler
    Pages 146-153

  6. Gauss’s Death

    • W. K. Bühler
    Pages 154-155

  7. Epilogue (Interchapter X)

    • W. K. Bühler
    Pages 156-158

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 159-208
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Procreare iucundum, sed parturire molestum. (Gauss, sec. Eisenstein) The plan of this book was first conceived eight years ago. The manuscript developed slowly through several versions until it attained its present form in 1979. It would be inappropriate to list the names of all the friends and advisors with whom I discussed my various drafts but I should like to mention the name of Mr. Gary Cornell who, besides discussing with me numerous details of the manuscript, revised it stylistically. There is much interest among mathematicians to know more about Gauss's life, and the generous help I received has certainly more to do with this than with any individual, positive or negative, aspect of my manuscript. Any mistakes, errors of judgement, or other inadequacies are, of course, the author's responsi­ bility. The most incisive and, in a way, easiest decisions I had to make were those of personal taste in the choice and treatment of topics. Much had to be omitted or could only be discussed in a cursory way.

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"This biography is addressed to the contemporary professional mathematician who is assumed to be a specialist with limited historical interests and knowledge. Although the fifteen chapters, supplemented by several shorter interchapters, are basically chronological, particular aspects of Gauss's work are stressed in particular chapters (e.g., potential theory in Chapter 11) so that for most of the book the reader will be outside his narrow specialty. Inevitably the life of the "Prince of Mathematicians" raises many important historical questions, such as the relationship between pure and applied mathematics and of both to the political and economic background, communication and cooperation, conservatism and innovation, and personal and social life..." -- MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS

Authors and Affiliations

  • Mt. Kisco, USA

    W. K. Bühler

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Gauss

  • Book Subtitle: A Biographical Study

  • Authors: W. K. Bühler

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-49207-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1981

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-10662-3Published: 01 June 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-49209-9Published: 05 April 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-49207-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 208

  • Topics: Language and Literature, History of Mathematical Sciences, Mathematics, general

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