Carl Friedrich Gauss
By: by Krista West.
Series: Profiles in mathematics
Publisher: Morgan Reynolds Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Greensboro, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781599350639
Subjects: Gauss, Carl Friedrich, -- 1777-1855; Mathematicians -- Germany -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Child genius; title: Finding independence; title: A surge of ideas; title: Exploring astronomy; title: Years of turmoil; title: Changing direction; title: Mapping the Earth; title: Exploring magnetism; title: Old passions.