Carl Friedrich Gauß (1777-1855)

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Annual Meetings of the Gauss Society in Göttingen
The next Gauss Society Annual Meeting 2022
takes place live in the historical observatory on September 30, 2022.

Publications of the GAUSS-GESELLSCHAFT
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Biography: Carl Friedrich Gauß (1777-1855) (in German)

Database of Gauß Correspondence

• Complete Online Database of Carl Friedrich Gauß Letters,
  provided by Prof. Dr. Menso Folkerts
  (Chair for the History of Science, University of Munich, LMU).
• Complete Index of Gauß Correspondence

Current information:



Grave of Carl Friedrich Gauß (30. April 1777 - 23. February 1855)
(© Axel Wittmann, April 29, 2022).

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Aims of the GAUSS-GESELLSCHAFT Göttingen:
(cf. `Satzung' (rules) new version, accepted on November 21, 2016 (Registergericht Göttingen) - in German)

The GAUSS-GESELLSCHAFT e.V. pursues exclusively non-profit aims of public interest in the sense of
'Steuerbegünstigte Zwecke' (tax-deductible purposes) of the tax regulations.
The aim of the society is to preserve the memory of the scholar and the person Carl Friedrich Gauß,
in co-operation with the Georg-August University of Göttingen,
the Academy of Sciences of Göttingen and the city of Göttingen.

This goal is to be attained particularly through:

1. Creation and conservation of a worthy Gauß memorial in the city of Göttingen
2. Participation in the maintenance and preservation of existing Gauß memorials
3. Co-operation in research concerning Gauß
4. Organization of lectures
5. Publications of articles and reports
6. Establishment of relations with institutions and individuals interested in Gauß and in his works

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• Address of the GAUSS-GESELLSCHAFT e.V.

  Dr. Axel Wittmann
  Obere Mühlenstr. 7
  37124 Rosdorf, Germany

  For questions of all kind please contact the secretary (Geschäftsführer)
  Dr. Axel Wittmann. (e-mail)

• How does one become a member of the GAUSS-GESELLSCHAFT?

• What is the membership fee?
  Membership fee (since 2016) 40 € annually.

• Bank accounts of the GAUSS-GESELLSCHAFT: Please ask!

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• President:
  Werner Tönsmann
  Private address: Ludwig-Prandtl-Straße 34, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
  Tel. priv. +49-551-34140
  e-mail: wtoberst@freenet.de

• Vice President:
  Dr. Birgit Großkopf
  Private address: Wolfgang-Pauli-Weg 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
  Tel. priv. +49-551-33194, e-mail: Grosskopf

• Financial affairs (Rechnungsführer):
  Roswitha Brinkmann, M.A.
  Private address: Schloß-Gutshof 4, 37127 Jühnde, Germany
  Tel. priv. +49-5502-999380, e-mail: Brinkmann

• Secretary (Geschäftsführer):
  Dr. Axel Wittmann
  Private address: Obere Mühlenstr. 7, 37124 Rosdorf, Germany
  Tel. priv. +49-551-78431, e-mail: Wittmann

• Webmaster:
  Prof.(em.) Dr. Gudrun Wolfschmidt
  Center for History of Science and Technology,
  Hamburg Observatory, University of Hamburg
  Bundesstraße 55 - Geomatikum, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
  Tel. +49-40-42838-9126 e-mail: gwolfsch

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The last change was made July 22, 2022.