This volume examines the special relationship between Russia and Gauss. It documents and describes the important role that Gauss played for science in Russia from the start of career onwards, as well as the great significance of Russia in Gauss' scientific work. The authors profile 17 scientists who worked in Russia and which whom Gauss corresponded and also often collaborated directly. The examination of the Gauss Library in Göttingen should be of particular interest, since it contains the Rossica and works sent to Gauss from Russia. The volume focuses on the period from 1799 until Gauss' death in 1855.

Autorentext

Karin Reich (em.) und Elena Roussanova, beide ehemals Institut für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaft, Mathematik und Technik an der Universität Hamburg.

Zusammenfassung

"Das Buch wird künftig zu den unverzichtbaren Standardwerken der Gauß-Forschung gehören, und es ist dem Verlag zu verdanken, daß er eine vorzügliche Ausstattung hierfür gewählt hat."
Rüdiger Thiele in: Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences 62/2012

"The edition is a valuable contribution to the history of Russian science in the mid- and late nineteenth century, far beyond the matters discussed in the correspondences."
I. Grattan-Guinness in: British Journal For The History of Science 3/2012