BRITANNICA LOG IN JOIN IN THE NEWS SPOTLIGHT LISTS SEARCH CLICK HERE TO SEARCH CARL FRIEDRICH MATHEMATICIAN WRITTEN BY JEREMY JOHN GRAY LAST ALTERNATIVE TITLE JOHANN FRIEDRICH CARL GAUSS CARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS ORIGINAL NAME GERMAN GENERALLY AS ONE GREATEST MATHEMATICIANS OF ALL TIME CONTRIBUTIONS NUMBER PROBABILITY THEORY PLANETARY ASTRONOMY THEORY OF POTENTIAL THEORY ELECTROMAGNETISM FRIEDRICH GAUSS ENGRAVING THE ONLY CHILD RARE CALCULATING RETAINED ABILITY TO DO CALCULATIONS GIFT MEDIA PREVIOUS FACEBOOK TWITTER LINKEDIN PINTEREST CITATION HARVARD CHICAGO EMAIL EMAILED ERROR CONNECTED YOUTUBE INSTAGRAM NEWSLETTERS ABOUT US PARTNER PROGRAM CONTACT US PRIVACY POLICY TERMS OF USE IN THE NEWS LOGIN JOIN VIEW PAGE SUBJECT COMMENTS CANCEL SEND
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