The Life of Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician, physicist and astronomer. He is considered to be the greatest mathematician of his time, equal to the likes of Archimedes and Isaac Newton. He is frequently called the founder of modern mathematics. It must also be noted that his work in the fields of astronomy and physics (especially the study of electromagnetism) is nearly as significant as that in mathematics. He also contributed much to crystallography, optics, biostatistics and mechanics. Gauss was born in Braunschweig, or Brunswick, Duchy of Brunswick (now Germany) on April 30, 1777 to a peasant couple. There exists many anecdotes referring to his extraordinary feats of mental computation. It is said that as an old man, Gauss said jokingly that he could count before he could talk. Gauss be....

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