The Greatest Mathematician Who Ever Lived

Carl Gauss was a child prodigy who reinvented mathematics. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription. Chapters 00:00 The Most Mathematical Child Who Ever Lived 0:43 Carl's Early Education and Genius Revealed 1:36 Self-Taught Scholar 2:53 The Revolutionary Discovery of Non-Euclidean Geometry 4:06 The Duke’s Patronage and Academic Success 5:04 Solving the Mystery of His Birthday 6:19 Revolutionary Impact of Disquisitiones Arithmeticae (Arithmetical Investigations) 7:12 Gauss Predicts Planet Ceres 7:58 Gauss Falls in Love 9:08 The Duke's Dies and Gauss' New Path 11:04 Finding Love Again 11:54 Mapping the Kingdom of Hanover 13:23 The Earth's Magnetism 14:21 Carl Gauss’s Legacy 15:05 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant Sources: University of Göttingen: By A.Savin - Own work, FAL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=124836092Grace of Carl Gauss: Julian Herzog, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Göttingen Observatory (front view): Par Foto: Michael Paetzold, Lizenz: Creative Commons by-sa-4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=121421415 Göttingen Observatory (rear view): Von Tine - Eigenes Werk, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34289999 Lüneburg Heath (in order of appearance): 1) By Nikanos - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1245468 2) By Willow - Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2604646 3) By Willow - Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2582154 4) CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4492837 5) By Willow - Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2579882Heliotrope: By Hajotthu, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58421933Victorian Civil Courtroom: Fayerollinson, CC BY-SA 3.0 ttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Carl Gauss grave (winter): Longbow4u, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=599114 Use the code NEWSTHINK at http://nordpass.com/newsthink to get a free 3-month NordPass Business trial. No credit card required