Edwin Gauss was a genius graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His goal was to finish what Einstein had failed to do - the Unified Field Theory. He built a suit that enabled him to travel between dimensions. However, Norman Bridges claimed ownership of the suit, and pursued Gauss to reclaim it. Gauss adopted the criminal identity of the Folded Man, as he was was virtually unstoppable while wearing the suit, and so became an enemy of the Flash in Central City.
