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Prince of Mathematicians

In: Tales of Physicists and Mathematicians

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  • Semyon Grigorevich Gindikin

    (Moscow State University, A.N. Belozersky Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Bioorganic Chemistry)

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In 1854, the health of Privy Councillor Gauss, as his colleagues at the University of Göttingen called him, worsened decisively. There was no question of continuing the daily walks from the observatory to the literary museum, a habit of over twenty years. They managed to convince the professor, who was nearing eighty, to go to the doctor! He improved during the summer and even attended the opening of the Hannover-Göttingen railway. In January 1855, Gauss agreed to pose for a medallion by the artist Hesemann. After the scientist’s death in February 1855, a medal was prepared from the medallion, by order of the Hannover court. Beneath a bas-relief of Gauss, these words were written: Mathematicorum princeps (Prince of Mathematicians). The story of every real prince should begin with his childhood, embroidered with legends. Gauss is no exception.

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  • Semyon Grigorevich Gindikin, 1988. "Prince of Mathematicians," Springer Books, in: Tales of Physicists and Mathematicians, pages 115-157, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-1-4612-3942-0_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-3942-0_5
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