Florian latest appearances show him dressed in XVIII-XIX century clothes. He is Carl Friedrich Gauss in "Die Vermessung der Welt" (2005) (Measuring the world). A milionaire 3D production. The movie is an adaptation from the German's Bestseller "Die Vermessung der Welt" by German author Daniel Kehlmann. The book (translated to 50 languages) is a novel where two of the most important scientific figures, Alexander von Humboldt (naturalist - "father" of modern geography) and Gauss (mathematician - genius since age 5), will try to explore and understand the world with their different and particular methods. Here it'is a the book description from Amazon, where you can buy the book in German or English: "Toward the end of the eighteenth century, two young Germans set out to measure the world. One of them, the Prussian aristocrat Alexander von Hum-boldt, negotiates savanna and jungle, travels down the Orinoco, tastes poisons, climbs the highest mountain known to man, counts head lice, and explores every hole in the ground. The other, the barely socialized mathematician and astronomer Carl Friedrich Gauss, does not even need to leave his home in Göttingen to prove that space is curved. He can run prime numbers in his head. He cannot imagine a life without women, yet he jumps out of bed on his wedding night to jot down a mathematical formula. Von Humboldt is known to history as the Second Columbus. Gauss is recognized as the greatest mathematical brain since Newton. Terrifyingly famous and more than eccentric in their old age, the two meet in Berlin in 1828. Gauss has hardly climbed out of his carriage before both men are embroiled in the political turmoil sweeping through Germany after Napoleon’s fall."
The production started in Görlitz, northest of Germany, it's now in Klosterneuburg, near Vienna - Austria (4th-9th of November), then it will move to Berlin and finally Ecuador. The date of releasing in theaters is set for October 25th of 2012. Countdown has already started. There are lots of picutres of the film set in Görlitz, here you can have a look inside of a movie production. "Carl Florian David Friedrich Gauss Fitz" comes below. Do they look alike?
Florian David Fitz - as Carl Friedrich Gauss Source: DNN online.
Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855)
Ps: if you are not familiar with Humboldt or Gauss, here are some of their knowledge that has affected humanity in some way.
The Pacific currents mechanism. One of them was named after Humboldt.
Tells history that Gauss at age of 5 deduced the formula for the arithmetic progression. Widely used these days and a "nightmare" for some students on high school.
Nowadays both are still strong in the academic world. In Berlin there is the Alexander von Humboldt foundation where future scientists from all over the world can have support to their researches. And the International and German Mathematical Union have created the Gauss Prize for outsdanding mathematic contributions in other fields. Great initiative.
Back to "Die Vermessung der Welt", there is a nice site in German where they discuss the book and resume the chapters of it. It's a school project: http://die-vermessung-der-welt.de/ Very interesting.
And here some links you might find interesting too:
Have fun!
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