高斯经典语录

约翰·卡尔·弗里德里希·高斯（Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss ，1777年4月30日－1855年2月23日）德国著名数学家、物理学家、天文学家、大地测量学家。是近代数学奠基者之一，高斯被认为是历史上最重要的数学家之一，并享有“数学王子”之称。高斯和阿基米德、牛顿并列为世界三大数学家。一生成就极为丰硕，以他名字“高斯”命名的成果达110个，属数学家中之最。他对数论、代数、统计、分析、微分几何、大地测量学、地球物理学、力学、静电学、天文学、矩阵理论和光学皆有贡献。

数学是科学的皇后。英译:Mathematics is the queen of the sciences.

数学是科学的皇后。英译:Mathematics is the queen of the sciences.变体:数学是科学的皇后，数论是数学的皇后。(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.

宁可少些，但要好些。