Inventions
Gauss invented the magnetometer while he was studying geology and geodesy. What did he use it for?
It measures the changes in the Earth's magnetic field
What theorem did Gauss create while studying physics?
Divergence theorem
What was his first wife's name?
What prestigious award was he awarded?
Copley Medal
12x+5=65 x=?
5
Why did Gauss invent the heliotrope?
To measure the sun's distance and celestial bodies during the daytime.
When did Gauss come up with the divergence theorem?
1813
What was one of his children's names?
Eugene Gauss, Therese Gauss, Wilhelm Gauss
What part of math was Gauss proficient in? He wrote a book about it
Number theory
650-98=x x=?
552
When did Gauss invent an early form of the telegraph
1833
What theory was Gauss developed in, and he wrote a book about it?
Algebraic Number Theory
What year did his mother die?
1839
When did Gauss publish his book on algebraic number theory?
Wrote is 1798, published in 1801
220/11=x x=?
20
Who did Gauss work with to make his inventions?
Wilhelm Weber
What was the book Gauss wrote about number theory called?
Disquisitiones Arithmeticae
What year did his father die?
1808
What did Gauss rediscover in the solar system?
Dwarf planet Ceres
53=x x=?
125
Gauss came up with the electromagnetic telegraph, but who is credited with making a it
Alexander Graham Bell
Who fixed/edited the divergence theorem?
Michael Ostrogradsky
What was his second wife's name?
Friederica Wilhelmine Waldeck or Minna Waldeck
When did Gauss win the Copley medal?
1838
29000/2000=x x=?
14.5