Carl Friedrich GaussGauss, Carl Friedrich (1777-1855). The German scientist and mathematician Gauss is often called the founder of modern mathematics. His work is astronomy and physics is almost as important as mathematics. Gauss was born on April 30, 1777 in Brunswick (now it is West Germany). Many biographers believe that he owes his good health to his father. Gauss said of himself that he knew how to count before he knew how to speak. When Gauss was 7 years old, he went to school. In the third year, students arrived between 10 and 15 years old, so the teacher had to work with students of different ages. Through this, he gave half the students long problems to count, so he could teach the other half during that time. One day, he gave half of the students, Gauss was in this half, to add all the natural numbers from 1 to 100. Gauss, 10 years old, first put his copy with the answer on the teacher's desk and he was the only one with the right answer. From that day on, Gauss was popular throughout the school. On October 15, 1795, Gauss was admitted to Georgia Augusta as a "cult of mathematics"; that is, as a student of mathematics. But it is often pointed out that at the beginning Gauss did not know whether he should become a mathematician or a philologist. The reason for this indecision was probably that the humanists of the time had a better economic future than the scientists. Gauss was first completely sure of his choice of study when he discovered the construction of the regular 17-sided polygon with a ruler and compass; that is, after his first year at university. Several reasons support the assertion that Gauss hesitated in his career choice. But his student diploma in mathematics did not direct him towards philology, and Gauss had probably already made his decision when he arrived in Göttingen. He wrote in 1808 that it was remarkable how much the theory of numbers arouses a special passion in all who have seriously studied it at any given time and, as we have seen, he had found new results in this and other areas of mathematics while still at university. Collegium Carolinum. Gauss made great discoveries in many areas of mathematics. He gave the...... middle of paper ......ics, astronomy, geodesy and physics. He must have been strong as a bear not to give in under such a burden. He distrusted all doctors and did not pay much attention to Olbers' warnings. During the winters of 1852 and 1853, the symptoms reportedly became more serious, and in January 1854 Gauss was subjected to careful examination by his colleague WilhelmBaum, a professor of surgery. The last days were difficult, but between heart attacks, Gauss read a lot, half lying in an armchair. Sartorius visited him in mid-January and noticed that his light blue eyes had not lost their shine. The end came about a month later. On the morning of February 23, 1855, Gauss died peacefully in his sleep. He was seventy-seven years old.BIBLIOGRAPHYIndikin, SG, Stories about physicists and mathematicians, Russia, Moscow, "Nauka", 1982 (in Russian).Hall, T., Carl Friedrich Gauss, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970. Muir, Jane, Of Men and Numbers: The History of the Great Mathematicians. Dodd, Mead and Co, New York, 1961.