QQC-Gauss

This week I read about Gauss and I was very interested in how he made some important discoveries. This quote went on to say that he went on discover the differential geometry of curved surfaces. It is interesting to think that if he hadn't been working on such a tedious/time wasting project, he wouldn't have made one of "the great ideas of science". Although I had never heard of Gauss, I do know about Einstien's theory of relativity and how important it is. I think everything is built upon something else, especially in math and science. My question is did he like doing this tedious task in the first place? and where did he begin to think about circles instead of triangles?, What triggered him to think outside the box and create a new idea?

QQC-Bernoulli

I found the part about Bernoulli very interesting. I thought it was pretty cool to learn that he and his brother worked a lot with infinite series. One of my questions was how did people even begin thinking about these complex ideas in the 1700's? What prompted the idea of adding fractions or figuring out infinite series? I can appreciate his work now because it relates to some of the work we do in calculus! I wonder when people will take on solving problems like 0/0!? WOAH

QQC-Leibniz

This portion of the reading struck me for several reasons. I think that one way to shape your beliefs is through if you are on the science side of things, or the philosophy side. My ideas of the world have changed back and forth over the years, but I think personally I have settled slightly more on the philosophy side. I think its pretty cool that since he was so fascinated by the sciences that he created his own theories about the world. That showed his true passion for science and showed me what may have distinguished him as one of the great minds of his/all time. My question is how did his work in math play into the role of science in his life?