Carl Friedrich Gauss
By Alice Benston and Cecilia Chavez
All About Carl
Facts from: http://www.biography.com/people/carl-friedrich-gauss-9307799
Young Carl
At the age of seven, Carl Friedrich Gauss started elementary school, and his potential was noticed almost immediately. His teacher, Büttner, and his assistant, Martin Bartels, were amazed when Gauss summed the integers from 1 to 100 instantly by spotting that the sum was 50 pairs of numbers each pair summing to 101.
Middle Aged Carl
Gauss proved the fundamental theorem of algebra which states that every non-constant single-variable polynomial with complex coefficients has at least one complex root. He also made important additions to number theory with his book, Disquisitiones Arithmeticae.
Old Carl
They constructed the first electromechanical telegraph in 1833, which they connected the observatory with the institute for physics in Göttingen. Gauss ordered a magnetic observatory to be built in the garden of the observatory, and with Weber founded the "Magnetischer Verein"
Family
Johanna Ostoff
Friederike Wilhelmine Waldeck
Disquistiones Arithmeticae
In 1801 Carl Friedrich Gauss published his classic work Disquisitiones Arithmeticae. He was 24 years old. A second edition of Gauss' masterpiece appeared in 1870, fifteen years after his death. This second edition was produced for the Göttingen Academy of Sciences