Carl Friedrich Gauss Biography

Carl Friedrich Gauss biography

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NAME: Carl Friedrich Gauss
OCCUPATION: Mathematician, Astronomer
BIRTH DATE: April 30, 1777
DEATH DATE: February 23, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH: Brunswick, Germany
PLACE OF DEATH: Göttingen, Germany
Full Name: Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss

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Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist who published over 150 works and contributed the fundamental theorem of algebra.

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Carl Friedrich Gauss was born April 30, 1777, in Brunswick, Germany. He published over 150 works and made such important contributions as the fundamental theorem of algebra, the least squares method, Gauss-Jordan elimination, and the bell curve, or Gaussian error curve. He also made important contributions to physics and astronomy.