Episode 363
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Tue, 2018-May-01 02:28 UTC
Length - 1:53
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With 432,355 views on Monday, 30 April 2018 our article of the day is Carl Friedrich Gauss.
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (; German: Gauß [ɡaʊs] ( listen); Latin: Carolus Fridericus Gauss; 30 April 1777 – 23 February 1855) was a German mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to many fields, including number theory, algebra, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, mechanics, electrostatics, magnetic fields, astronomy, matrix theory, and optics.
Sometimes referred to as the Princeps mathematicorum (Latin for "the foremost of mathematicians") and "the greatest mathematician since antiquity", Gauss had an exceptional influence in many fields of mathematics and science, and is ranked among history's most influential mathematicians.
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