Plane and solid geometry . Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855) was bornat Brunswick, Germany, Although he was the son of a bricklayer, he wasenabled to receive a liberal ed-ucation, owing to the recogni-tion of his unusual talents by anobleman. He was sent to theCaroline College but, at the ageof fifteen, it was admitted bothby professors and pupils thatGauss already knew all thatthey could teach him. Hebecame a student in the Uni-versity of Gottingen and whilethere did some important workon the theory of numbers. On his return to Bruns\Aick,he lived humbly as a privatetutor, until 1807, when hewas ap
Plane and solid geometry . Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855) was bornat Brunswick, Germany, Although he was the son of a bricklayer, he wasenabled to receive a liberal ed-ucation, owing to the recogni-tion of his unusual talents by anobleman. He was sent to theCaroline College but, at the ageof fifteen, it was admitted bothby professors and pupils thatGauss already knew all thatthey could teach him. Hebecame a student in the Uni-versity of Gottingen and whilethere did some important workon the theory of numbers. On his return to Bruns\Aick,he lived humbly as a privatetutor, until 1807, when hewas appointed professor ofastronomy and director of the observatory at Gottingen. While there hedid important work in physics as well as in astronomy. He also inventedthe telegraph independently of S. F. B. ]\rorse. His lectures were unusually clear, and he is said to have given in themthe analytic steps by which he developed his proofs ; while in his writingsthere is no hint of the processes by ^vhich he discovered his Gauss 248 PLAXE GEOMETRY PrOPOSITIOX II. PUOBLEM 521. To inscribe a square in a given circle.
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