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The prince of mathematics : Carl Friedrich Gauss
Tent, M. B. W, (Margaret B. W.), 1944 · Wellesley, Mass : A K Peters, 2006
- Publisher
- Wellesley, Mass : A K Peters, 2006
- Physical description
- 245 pages
- ISBN
- 1568812612 (alk. paper);9781568812618
- Dewey classification
- 510.92
- Subjects
- Gauss, Carl Friedrich--1777-18Mathematicians--Germany--BiograpAstronomers--Germany--BiograpCartographers--Germany--Biograp
- Language
- English
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| Field | Value |
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| 001Control number | 14403 |
| 005Date and time of latest transaction | 13 Jan 2011, 15:35 |
| 008Fixed-length data elements | 050803s2006 mauab 001 0beng |
| 010Library of Congress control number | 2005053469 |
| 020International Standard Book Number (ISBN) |
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| 040Cataloging source | DLC DLC BAKER C#P DLC OrLoB-B WN |
| 041Language code | eng |
| 043Geographic area code | e-gx--- |
| 050Library of Congress call number | QA29.G3 T46 2006 |
| 082Dewey Decimal call number | 510.92 Pri-M |
| 100Main entry – personal name | Tent, M. B. W. (Margaret B. W.), 1944- |
| 245Title statement | The prince of mathematics : Carl Friedrich Gauss / M.B.W. Tent. |
| 260Publication, distribution, etc. (imprint) | Wellesley, Mass. : A K Peters, 2006 |
| 300Physical description | xviii, 245 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm. |
| 500General note | Includes index. |
| 505Formatted contents note | I. Child prodigy (1777-1788) -- Counting -- Sums -- The Duke of Braunschweig -- The schoolroom -- Arithmetic -- Early mathematics -- II. The Duke's protégé (1788-1798) -- Royal patronage -- Gymnasium : high school -- Independent study of mathematics -- The regular 17-gon -- Mathematical journal -- Number theory -- III. Gifted astronomer, father of a young family (1798-1814) -- Carl Friedrich Gauss, PhD -- The planetoid Ceres -- A wife and a child -- The Duke and St. Petersburg -- Professor of astronomy -- Tragedy -- Marriage to Minna Waldeck -- The trip to Munich -- The new observatory -- Gauss' mother -- IV. Surveyor of Hannover, father of a growing family (1815-1832) -- Surveying -- Summers on the road -- Trouble with Eugen -- V. Magnetic professor, Prince of Mathematics (1833-1855) -- Non-euclidean geometry -- Magnetism -- The Göttingen seven -- Looking ba |
| 600Subject added entry – personal name | Gauss, Carl Friedrich, 1777-18 |
| 650Subject added entry – topical term |
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| 999Collection | Downloads |
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