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The Pope and the heretic
the true story of Giordano Bruno, the man who dared to defy the Roman Inquisition
By White, Michael J.
- ISBN
- 978-0-06018-626-5
- Publisher
- New York : William Morrow, c2002.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on November 15, 2002
Australian journalist White, who has written popular biographies of Stephen Hawking, Isaac Newton, and Leonardo da Vinci, here presents the story of ex-priest and natural philosopher Giordano Bruno in the context of the Roman Inquisition. White provides a lucid description of 16th-century life-the wrong time for Bruno, an intellectual who was a blend of mystic, philosopher, and scientist who studied, explored, a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
