Carl Friedrich Gauss Quotes
Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.
America followed the English example of forming associations (corporation and non-profit organizations) for everything from science to orphanages, libraries to agricultural organizations. But America went much further than England in the number, scale and scope. De Tocqueville was most amazed and impressed by this.
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to many fields in mathematics and science. Sometimes referred to as the Princeps mathematicorum (Latin for '"the foremost of mathematicians"') and "the greatest mathematician since antiquity", Gauss had an exceptional influence in many fields of mathematics and science, and is ranked among history's most influential mathematicians.