Short Biography of Giordano Bruno Biography
Giordano Bruno biography, outline: Italian philosopher & astronomer, born 1548 died 1600.
Giordano Bruno burned at stake
Giordano Bruno rejected the idea that the Earth was the centre of the universe. Also, he agreed with Nicholas Copernicus that the Sun, not the Earth, was the centre of the Solar System. But Copernicus believed the universe was finite and contained a sphere of fixed stars. Giordano Bruno rejected this, believing in an infinite universe containing a multiplicity of worlds on which life could be found.
For putting forward extremely unorthodox views, the Roman Catholic Inquisition burned Giordano Bruno at the stake.
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