Giordano Bruno (1548–1600)

Not to be confused with Bruno de Finetti.

Took the Copernican model and extended it to propose that the stars are distant suns surrounded by their own planets (correct), and raised the possibility that they could foster life of their own.

Tried for heresy by the Inquisition on charges including "denial of eternal damnation, the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, the virginity of Mary, and transsubstatiation". Also "of concern" was his pantheism and his teaching of reincarnation. He was burned at the stake.

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