Aims of the Gauss-Gesellschaft Göttingen

Gauss-Gesellschaft: Addresses and Membership

Committee of the Gauss-Gesellschaft

Carl Friedrich Gauß (1777-1855) - cf. here

Annual Meetings of the Gauss-Gesellschaft in Göttingen with Excursion
The Annual Meeting and lecture 2011 takes place on Friday, Oct. 7, 2011,
in the old University Observatory, Geismarlandstr. 11, Göttingen
All members are kindly invited, guests are welcome.
This year's excursion will take place on Saturday Oct. 8, 2011.


Publications of the Gauss-Gesellschaft
(with table of contents)

Gauß Index:
- Persons mentioned in GGM 1-30 (1964-1993)
- Complete Index of Correspondence

Bibliography - References for Carl Friedrich Gauss (St. Andrewes)

Gauss Works in the Internet (Gallica - Bibliothèque Nationale de France)

Gauss Works digital - Göttinger Digitalisierungs-Zentrum

Online Database of Gauss Letters, provided by Prof. Dr. Menso Folkerts, Chair for the History of Science (IGN), Historical Seminar, Munich University (LMU)

Koch, Jürgen W.: Der Briefwechsel von Johann Georg Repsold mit Carl Friedrich Gauß und Heinrich Christian Schumacher. Norderstedt: BoD 2000.

Gauss-Year 2005 - Gauss in Göttingen today:
Events, guided tours, souvenirs

• Book by Horst Michling: Carl Friedrich Gauß -
  Episoden aus dem Leben des Princeps Mathematicorum. (144 Seiten) - 14.80 Euro
• Gauß post cards in colour, 10 pieces - 5 Euro
  both to be ordered at the Gauss-Gesellschaft
  (posting additional to the price)

Geodetic Points

Placement of a Gauss bust in the Walhalla (2007)

Gauß Schools

Collection of interesting links in the WWW

German version

Aims of the Gauss-Gesellschaft Göttingen:
(cf. `Satzung' (rules) of September 3, 1979, changed October 7, 2011 - 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
  D-37124 Rosdorf

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

• How does one become a member of the Gauss-Gesellschaft?
  By writing a letter of application, or by using an application form (Beitrittsformular)
  available upon request.

• What is the membership fee?
  Membership fee 30 € annually.

• Bank accounts of the Gauss-Gesellschaft: Please ask!

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• President:
  Rektor Werner Tönsmann
  Stumpfe Eiche 37
  D-37077 Göttingen
  Tel. +49 551-34140
  e-mail: wtoberst@freenet.de

• Vice President:
  Prof. Samuel J. Patterson
  Seestieg 13
  D-37136 Seeburg
  Tel. +49 5507-7228
  e-mail: Patterson

• Financial affairs (Rechnungsführer):
  Verm.Oberrat Dipl.-Ing. Gerd Tamke
  Am Rischen 37
  D-37083 Göttingen
  Tel. +49 551-795208
  e-mail: tamke.gerd@t-online.de

• Business manager (Geschäftsführer):
  Dr. Axel Wittmann
  Private address: Obere Mühlenstr. 7
  D-37124 Rosdorf
  priv. +49 551-78431
  e-mail: Wittmann

  Webmaster:
  Prof. Dr. Gudrun Wolfschmidt
  Institute for History of Science, Mathematics and Technology
  Universität Hamburg
  Bundesstraße 55 - Geomatikum
  D-20146 Hamburg
  Tel. +49 40 42838-5262, priv. 040-42913171
  Fax: +49 40 42838-5260
  e-mail: wolfschmidt

  Additional committee member:
  Prof. Dr. Andreas Tilgner
  Institut für Geophysik
  Herzberger Landstr. 180
  D-37085 Goettingen
  Tel. +49 551 39-7482
  e-mail: Tilgner

  Honorary member
  Prof. Dr. Hans-Heinrich Voigt
  Charlottenburger Str. 19
  D-37070 Göttingen
  Tel. +49 551-7992627
  e-mail: hhvgoe@nexgo.de

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Gauß images (St. Andrews, UK) or Carl Friedrich Gauss family

G. Waldo Dunnington collection of Gauss papers,
Northwestern State University of Louisiana Libraries - PDF

State and University Library of Lower Saxony
(Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek),
Georg-August-University Göttingen
Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Göttingen
City of Göttingen

In Memory of Gauß and Weber - the Telegraph

Gauß tomb (Measurement Valley)

,,Vom Magnetismus zur Elektrodynamik anläßlich des 200. Geburtstages von Wilhelm Weber (1804-1891) und des 150. Todestages von Carl Friedrich Gauß (1777-1855)'', Exhibition in the State and University Library Hamburg, 3. March - 2. April 2005, organized and compiled by Gudrun Wolfschmidt and Karl-Heinrich Wiederkehr (Catalogue (in German) still available by sending of 10 Euro by mail to the Institute for History of Science of Hamburg University)

Measurement Valley - Laser telegraph in Göttingen (sends since 2007)
in memory of the Gauß-Weber-Telegraph (1833)

ASTRONOMY AND GÖTTINGEN

Institute for Astrophysics, University of Göttingen - University Observatory
(Geschichte/History)

Göttinger Gauß-Kuppel Gemeinschaft e.V.
Amateurastronomische Vereinigung Göttingen e.V. (AVG)
(History of Hainberg Observatory - Geschichte der Sternwarte am Hainberg)
Förderkreis Planetarium Göttingen e.V.

MEASURING TECHNOLOGY - TRIANGULATION - GEODESY

Vom Universitäts-Mechanikus zum Global Player - Sartorius Chronik ( (PDF)

Carl Friedrich Gauß - Mathematiker, Astronom und Physiker (Entdeckt, erdacht, erfunden - ZEISS)

Triangulation of the Kingdom of Hanover

Ancient Gauss tower on Hohen Hagen or here Gauss tower (German)

GEOPHYSICS - MAGNETISM - SEISMOLOGY

Geodesy and Geo-Information in the Internet

History of Seismology in Göttingen
Die Erdbebenwarte in Göttingen: Gibt es eine Rettung für die Wiechert-Seimographen?
Wiechert Institute for Seismology (Erdbebenwarte), Göttingen (Measurement Valley)

GAUSS RESEARCH SHIP

Gauß on stamps, coins and bills

Banknotes featuring Scientists and Mathematicians

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The last change was made January 23, 2012.
Questions, criticism, and ideas please to Gudrun Wolfschmidt

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