It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.Letter to Farkas Bolyai, 2 September 1808
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Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to many fields, including number theory, algebra, statistics, and electromagnetism. He is known for his work in mathematics, such as the discovery of the prime number theorem and Gaussian distribution, as well as for his development of Gaussian units in electromagnetism. Gauss is often referred to as the "Prince of Mathematicians."
1777–1855·lived 77 years
It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.Letter to Farkas Bolyai, 2 September 1808
Ask her to wait a moment - I am almost done.
We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori.Letter to Friedrich Bessel, 1830
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