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2. Glossary Ludwig van Beethoven Galileo Galilei Sir Isaac Newton –Bio –Who he was –What he did –His effect on the Enlightenment –What he was known for –Persecution

3. Ludwig van Beethoven Birth: 17 December 1770, Bonn, Germany Death: 26 March 1827, Vienna Austria –Cause of Death was cirrhosis (liver failure).

4. Who He Was He was a German Composer and Pianist He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic Remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time.

5. What You May Need to Know Sonata: literally means a piece played Quartet: a method of instrumentation used to perform a musical composition, and consisting of four parts. (four instruments) Symphony: extended musical piece for orchestras.

6. What He Did As mentioned above Beethoven was a composer who wrote many pieces of classical music. –32 piano sonatas –5 cello sonatas –16 string quartets –9 symphonies

7. His Effect on the Enlightenment Drawing from his predecessors (Haydn and Mozart) Beethoven was very essential in the transition from Romantic to classical music. His music deeply reflected the cultural attitudes of his time. In his time his pieces and composition were hugely popular. Today it can be argued that his music is even more popular. His pieces are used in cartoons and movies very often.

8. Galileo Galilei Birth: 15 February 1564, Pisa, Italy Death:8 January 16 42 Arcetri, Italy Causes of death were fever and heart palpitations.

9. Who He Was Galileo was an Philosopher, Physicist, Mathematician, and Astronomer. He was a very important person whoc ontributed to the Scientific Revolution. He attended the university of Pisa and Padua.

10. Views of the Universe Geocentric ModelHeliocentric Model

11. What He Did Proved the Heliocentric Theory Telescopic Observations Improved the Scientific Method

12. His Effect and What He Was Known For Galileo was one of the key minds in the enlightenment. He was the one who placed the final nail into the coffin of the geocentric theory. His observations and calculations proved that earth revolved around the earth and not vice versa. However his findings did not send the clergy alight with joy.

13. Galileo’s Trial Due to the fact that his theories contradicted the church’s views Galileo was forced to sign a contract which stated that his theories were wrong ( they were true). After this Galileo spent the remainder of his life under house arrest.

14. Sir Isaac Newton Born: 4 January 1643 Lincolnshire, England Death: 31 March 1727 Middlesex, England Cause of Death: Old Age

15. Who He Was -A physicists and mathematician Graduated From Trinity College, Cambridge, England. He is considered the founder of modern day physics. He also taught at Cambridge University.

16. What He Is Known For Three Laws of Motion –The law of inertia –The greater the mass (of the object being accelerated) the greater the amount of force needed (to accelerate the object). –For every action there is an equal and opposite re-action.

17. His effect on the Enlightenment The began the science of physics. All areas of mathematics were affected by his work. His laws still stand to this day. He explained supernatural phenomena using math and equations.

18. Persecution Newton often got into arguments with other scientists because his theories were very controversial. The guy to the right is Leibniz( he tried to plagiarize some of Newton’s work.)

19. Citations Wikipedia –Galileo –Newton –Beethoven –http://www.crystalinks.com/galileo.html