The model is Karl Friedrich Gauss, supposedly born into a family of manual workers, who grew up to become the father of modern mathematics.

卡尔·弗里德里克·高斯就是一个典型，据说他出身在一个体力劳动者家庭，后来却成了现代数学之父。

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In 1820, German mathematician Karl Friedrich Gauss proposed cutting an enormous right triangle into the Siberian pine forest, creating a monument to the Pythagorean theorem big enough to see from outer space.

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