Carl Friedrich Gauss: Titan of Science

1. Introduction: family background 2. The enchanted boyhood 3. Student days 4. The young man 5. Astronomy and matrimony 6. Further activity 7. Back to Gottingen 8. Labour and sorrow 9. The young professor: a decade of discovery, 1812-1822 10. Geodesy and bereavement: the transitional decade, 1822-1832 11. Alliance with Weber: strenuous years 12. The electromagnetic telegraph 13. Magnetism: physics dominant 14. Surface theory, crystallography, and optics 15. Germination: non-Euclidean geometry 16. Trials and triumphs: experiencing conflict 17. Milestones on the highways and byways 18. Senex mirabilis 19. Monarch of mathematics in Europe 20. The doyen of German science, 1832-1855 21. Gathering up the threads: a broad horizon 22. Religio Scientiae: a profession of belief from the philosopher and lover of truth 23. Sunset and eventide: renunciation 24. Epilogue: 1. Apotheosis: orations of Ewald and Sartorious 2. Valhalla: posthumous recognition and honours Appendices Index.