Carl Friedrich Gauß (1777-1855)

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Aims of the GAUSS-GESELLSCHAFT Göttingen

GAUSS-GESELLSCHAFT: Addresses and Membership

Committee of the GAUSS-GESELLSCHAFT

Annual Meetings of the Gauss Society in Göttingen

The next Gauss Society Annual Meeting takes place on October ...., 2025.



Publications of the GAUSS-GESELLSCHAFT

(with table of contents)

Biography: Carl Friedrich Gauß (1777-1855)

(in German)

Auf den Spuren von Gauß durch Göttingen - "Stadt, die Wissen schafft"
(Following in Gauß's footsteps through Göttingen - "City that creates knowledge")







News & Information

• The evening lecture at the members' meeting
  of the Gauss Society on October 11, 2024 was given by
  Prof. Dr. Metin Tolan (Universität Göttingen):
  Astronomische Aspekte von Star-Trek

  
  

  

• The evening lecture at the general meeting of the Gauss Society on 6. Oktober 2023,
  given by Dipl.-Phys. Dirk Lorenzen (Hamburg/DLF) mit dem Titel
  Astronomie und Raumfahrt aus der Sicht eines Fachjournalisten
  is now available here: YouTube (University of Göttingen).

  
  

  

• The evening lecture at the general meeting of the Gauss Society on 30.9.2022,
  given by PD Dr. Klaus Reinsch with the title
  "From the Lunar Distances to the Measurement of the Universe --
  Göttinger Astronomy through the Ages",
  is available here: YouTube (University of Göttingen).

  
  

• New "Gauß Room" in the Historical Observatory

  In October 2023, a contract was signed for the use of the new "Gauß Room" in the Historical Observatory as part of the intensified cooperation with the University of Göttingen. This room is equipped with literature, pictures, paintings, busts and archive material on Carl Friedrich Gauß - director of the observatory from 1807 to 1855 - and his fields of activity (astronomy, mathematics, geodesy, physics). The "Gauß Room" is not a "museum" and can only be visited by prior arrangement with the secretary (Geschäftsführer) until further notice for scheduling and event-related reasons (of the University). Guided tours, in which all interested members of the Gauss Society were able to participate, took place following the Members' Meeting on 7 October 2023 (a report is in the Mitteilungen, issue 61/2024).

  
  

• Grave of Carl Friedrich Gauß (30. April 1777 -- 23. February 1855)

  (Photo: February 22, 2024 and April 28, 2024, CC).

  

  
  

  
  










































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Aims of the GAUSS-GESELLSCHAFT Göttingen

Founded in May 17, 1962

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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GAUSS-GESELLSCHAFT: Addresses and Membership

• 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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Managing committee of the GAUSS-GESELLSCHAFT

(2023)
• President:
  Dr. Klaus Reinsch (Göttingen)
  [from January 21, 2023, initially on a provisional basis]
  Institute for Astrophysics, University of Göttingen
  Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen
  Tel.: +49-551-392-4037
  E-Mail: Reinsch

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

• Board member without office (Vorstandmitglied ohne Amt):
  Dr. Daniel Steil
  I. Physikalisches Institut, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
  Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen
  Tel. 0551-392-5717
  E-Mail: Steil

• 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: Wolfschmidt.




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The last change was made 14 January 2025.