約翰·卡爾·弗里德里希·高斯（Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss ，1777年4月30日－1855年2月23日）德國著名數學家、物理學家、天文學家、大地測量學家。是近代數學奠基者之一，高斯被認爲是歷史上最重要的數學家之一，並享有“數學王子”之稱。高斯和阿基米德、牛頓並列爲世界三大數學家。一生成就極爲豐碩，以他名字“高斯”命名的成果達110個，屬數學家中之最。他對數論、代數、統計、分析、微分幾何、大地測量學、地球物理學、力學、靜電學、天文學、矩陣理論和光學皆有貢獻。
經典語錄
數學是科學的皇后。英譯:Mathematics is the queen of the sciences.
數學是科學的皇后。英譯:Mathematics is the queen of the sciences.變體:數學是科學的皇后，數論是數學的皇后。(Mathematics is the queen of sciences and arithmetic the queen of mathematics. )
It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but that is not the fault of mathematics, for it is equally true of every other exclusive occupation.
You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until I have said as much as possible in a few words, and writing briefly takes far more time than writing at length.
To such idle talk it might further be added: that whenever a certain exclusive occupation is coupled with specific shortcomings, it is likewise almost certainly divorced from certain other Friedrich Gauss
The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into their prime factors is known to be one of the most important and useful in arithmetic.
We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori.
It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.
寧可少些，但要好些。
