Carl Friedrich Gauss (March 14, 1824) letter to Friedrich Bessel, as quoted by G. Waldo Dunnington, Carl Friedrich Gauss: Titan of Science (2004 edition of 1995 first printing) p. 312.
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...[A]ll the measurements in the world do not balance one theorem by which the science of eternal truths is actually advanced.
— Carl Friedrich Gauss on Mathematics
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About Carl Friedrich Gauss
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (30 April 1777 – 23 February 1855) was a German mathematician, astronomer and physicist.
About Carl Friedrich Gauss
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (30 April 1777 – 23 February 1855) was a German mathematician, astronomer and physicist.
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