Carl Gauss
...earch. In June 1801, Gauss had come to know Zach, an astronomer, who had predictions about a new small planet. His predictions along with one from Gauss were published. When Ceres the new small plant was discovered, it was almost exactly where Gauss had guessed. During October 1805 Gauss met and married Johanna Ostoff. Soon after, he moved back to Gottingen to work at an observatory. His time was well spent here. His father past away during 1808, and sadly a year later Johanna died giving birth to their second son, which would die soon after. All these tragedies led to the fall back of Gauss. He had asked for time to spend at home, which in his case was uncommon. Gauss would remarry just one year after this, to the best friend of his late wife, Minna. Gauss got back to work and before long published his second booking 1809.This book was called Theoria motus corporum coelstium in sectionibus conicis Solem ambientium. This manuscript was a volume of the treatise on the motion of celestial bodies. Even though Gauss’ contributions to the theoretical astronomy came to a halt he went on making observations until he was seventy years old. In 1818, Gauss was asked to carry out a geosidic survey of the state of Hanover to associate to the existing Danish grid. Because of the survey, Gauss invented the heliotrope which worked by reflecting the Sun’s rays using a design of mirrors and small telescopes. The period among 1817-1832 was a difficult time for Gauss. His mother moved in with him till her death in 1839, and Gauss’ second wife dies from a longtime illness in 1831. In 1832, Gauss and Wilhelm Weber, a physics professor, began investigating the theory of terrestrial magnetism after Alexander von Humbolt attempted. He wanted to acquire Gauss’ assistance in the making of a grid of magnetic observation points around the Earth. He wrote three papers on this matter that dealt with the current theories on Terrestrial magnetism. Soon there after, Gauss built his own magnetic observatory which didn’t make Humbolt very content. Gauss and Weber worked together very closely. They soon would invent a primitive telegraph which could send messages over a distance of 5000 feet. This invention was only a small part of what they had discovered. These two geniuses of their time had published many concrete results that would later affect the world as we knew it. Unfortunately in 1837, Weber was asked to leave the observatory because of...