Carl Friedrich Gauss and Russia. His correspondence with scientists working in Russia. In cooperation with Werner Lehfeldt (Q658679)

The book under review is devoted to the correspondence of Carl Friedrich Gauss with scientists working in Russia. It consists of two parts. The first part has an introductory character. It contains information concerning connections of Gauss with Russia. In particular the authors write about the political situation in Russia at Gauss' time, about the state of science, translations of Gauss' works into Russian etc. The main second part is devoted to the correspondence of Gauss and scientists being active in Russia. It consists of 17 chapters, each devoted to one person. The particular chapters are devoted to the following scientists: Martin Bartels, Thomas Clausen, Nikolaus Fuss, Paul Heinrich Fuss, Carl Jaenisch, Carl Heinrich Kupffer, Adolph Theodor Kupffer, Joseph Johann Edler von Littrow Nikolaj Ivanovič Lobačevskij, Johan Heinrich Mädler, Georg Friedrich Parrot, Friedrich Parrot, Magnus Georg von Paucker, Paul Schilling von Canstadt, Friedrich Theodor von Schubert, Ivan Michajlovič Simonov and Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve. Each chapter contains information on the life and work of the corresponding scientist, then comments on his contacts with Gauss and at the end presents the original texts of the letters. The book is closed by a summary (in English and Russian), index of letters, bibliography, short biographies of persons mentioned in the book as well as an index of names. The book having in fact an encyclopedic character is an extensive source of information on Gauss' contacts with scientists working in Russia. The contents of Gauss' correspondence comprises all domains in which he was scientifically active. It enables the reader to see how big the influence of Gauss on Russian scientists was. It indicates also the meaning and influence of academies at that time. The book contains a lot of facts unknown so far. It is based on researches of the authors in archives. They are well-known specialists in Gauss. The book has been written and published in an extremely careful and nice way. All letters are given in the languages in which were originally written. All names are given in German, Russian (cyrillic) and in ISO-transliteration of cyrillic.