Weekendaanbieding The Pope and The Heretic: A true story of courage and murder at the hands of the inquisition. – Michael White

Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) was a mystic, philosopher and scientist whose ideas were decades ahead of their time. A proponent of a unificatory vision of science, he was both a champion of the occult – as Newton would be after him – and a torch-bearer for the sort of holistic dreams that Leonardo had cherished before him. As such he is perfect material for the third in Michael White’s loose trilogy of science biographies – after Newton, the last sorcerer, and Leonardo, the first scientist, we have Bruno, scie…