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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

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ISSN 1088-9485 (online) ISSN 0273-0979 (print)

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567583
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Book Information:

Author: W. K. Bühler
Title: Gauss, a biographical study
Additional book information: Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1981, viii + 208 pp., $19.80. ISBN 0-387-10662-6.

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    Review Information:

    Reviewer: Paul T. Bateman
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 14 (1986), 312-317
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1986-15455-8