A German genius in the field of physics and mathematics, Gauss has been one of the most influential
mathematicians. He contributed in such diverse fields as optics, electricity and mathematical analysis.
As child prodgy, Gauss corrected an error in his father’s accounts when he was only three year old. In primary school, he stunned his teacher by adding the integers in to 100 within a second.
Though the shun interanctions with scientific community and disliked teaching, many of his students rose to become top class mathematicians – Richard Dedekind, Berhard Riemann, Friedrich Besses and sophie Germain are a few among them. Germany issued three postal stamps and a 10 mark back note in his honour. A carter on moon called gauss crater, and asteroid 100 called Gaussia have been named after him.
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