The Pope and the Heretic: The True Story of Giordano Bruno, the Man Who Dared to Defy the Roman Inquisition
Author: Michael White
The compelling story If one of history’s most intriguing yet little-known natural philosophers — a sixteenth-century Dominican priest whose radical theories influenced some of the greatest thinkers in Western culture — and the world’s first martyr to science,A visionary and rationalist philosopher, Giordano Bruno did not limit himself to one discipline; instead, his e….Read More
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