(Wikipedia) Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) was an Italian philosopher, priest, cosmologist, and occultist. Bruno is known for his mnemonic system based upon organized knowledge and as an early proponent of the idea of an infinite and homogeneous universe. For his ideas he was trialed, condemned and eventually burnt at the stake as a heretic by the Roman Inquisition. Bruno is seen by some as the first "martyr for science."
