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Title:Mathematics at DEC
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1659.0. "Looking for biography of GAUSS..." by BRSTR2::SYSMAN (Dirk Van de moortel) Mon Aug 31 1992 10:15

(posted in conferences RUSURE::MATH and THEBAY::BOOKS)

I am looking for a biography of CARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS, who was, I think, the
greatest mathematician of all times...

Authors, titles, publishers, ISBN's are welcome!
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1659.1Buhler,Dunnington and Klein booksSTAR::ABBASIHave you spelled checked today?Mon Aug 31 1992 10:4412
    "GAUSS: A Biographical study" by W.K.Buhler, springer-Verlag
    ISBN 3-540-10662-6
    
    
    two other ones are :
    - G.W.Dunnington's Biography of Gauss "Titan of science" (1955)
    - work by Felix Klein
    
    if you get the Buhler book it has these references and other pointers in 
    the back of the book.
    
    /nasser