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Friday, September 25, 2020

Basic timeline of Carl Friedrich Gauss

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This post is a basic timeline of mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855). There are 10 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• 1777: Born in Brunswick, Germany
• 1792: Enrolls at Collegium Carolinum
• 1795: Enrolls at University of Gottingen
• 1801: Publishes Disquisitiones Arithmeticae
• 1801: Calculated the orbit of dwarf planet Ceres
• 1818: Performed a geodetic survey of the Kingdom of Hanover
• 1828: Discovered Theorema Egregium
• 1833: Constructed the first electromechanical telegraph
• 1840: Publishes Dioptrische Untersuchungen
• 1855: Died at age 77 in Hanover, Germany