Giordano Bruno
1548–1600
Italian philosopher. Known for his theories of an infinite universe and multiplicity of worlds. Arrested for heresy by the Venetian Inquisition in 1592; burned alive by the Roman Inquisition in 1600.
Source
DSB.
Bibliography
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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