• [Gauss calculated the elements of the planet Ceres] and his analysis proved him to be the first of theoretical astronomers no less than the greatest of 'arithmeticians.'

    W. W. Rouse Ball: [Gauss calculated the elements of the planet Ceres] and his analysis proved him to be the first of theoretical astronomers no less than the greatest of 'arithmeticians.'
    "Mathematica: The Philomath's Quotation Book". Book by Robert Édouard Moritz, p. 157, 1942.