THE POPE AND THE HERETIC: A TRUE STORY OF COURAGE AND MURDER AT THE HANDS OF THE INQUISITION
Book ID/图书代码： 07980005B11803
English Summary/英文概要： A visionary and rationalist philosopher, Giordano Bruno did not limit himself to one discipline; instead, his erudite intellect accepted nothing and challenged everything in his pursuit of an all-embracing system of thought. It was an openmindedness that brought him patronage from some of the most powerful figures of the day, such as Henry III of France and Elizabeth I of England, but that also put him into direct conflict with the Catholic Church, which defrocked and excommunicated him. Returning to Italy after years spent enjoying intellectual freedom in France, England, and Germany, Bruno was arrested by the Inquisition and tried as a heretic. He endured almost eight years of imprisonment and brutal torture before being burned at the stake in Rome in 1600. And although the Vatican now says that it "regrets" burning Bruno, to this day it has refused to clear him of the charge of heresy.
But the Inquisition’s attempts to obliterate Bruno failed, a. his philosophy and influence spread: Galileo, Isaac Newton, Christian Huygens, and Gottfried Leibniz all built upon his ideas; his thought experiments predated the work of such twentieth-century luminaries as Karl Popper; his religious thinking inspired such radicals as Baruch Spinoza; and his work on the art of memory had a profound effect on, among others, William Shakespeare.
The Pope and the Heretic chronicles the work, life, and extraordinary legacy of a genius whose musings helped bring about the modern world. Michael White brilliantly pieces together Bruno’s dramatic final years, his capture, and his trial and explains why the Catholic Church felt so threatened by Bruno that it made him a martyr to free thought.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 伽利略、艾萨克•牛顿、克里斯蒂安•惠更斯（Christian Huygens）、戈特弗里德•威廉•莱布尼兹，这些科学家的理论成果都以他的想法为基础；
他的独到思绪优先于21世纪某些著名导师的作品而产生，例如，Karl Popper
他的宗教思想鼓励了巴鲁•斯宾诺莎（Baruch Spinoza）这类的杰出人物！
他有关记忆法的作品对不少人起到深远的影响，威廉•莎士比亚就是其中之一。
他的重要理论使许多西方文化最伟大的思想家受益匪浅……
那么，他是谁？
谱写十六世纪“多明我会”（Dominican）牧师，史上最有魅力、他人却少知甚少的自然哲学家Giordano Bruno 的凄美赞歌！
布鲁诺（Bruno）是名极富想象力的理性主义哲学家。不局限于任何戒律，在追求“包含一切”的思想时，他的博学使他不轻易接受并勇于挑战一切。这种思想开放、心胸开阔的处事原则令他得到了当时某些权威人物的保护，诸如法国的亨利三世以及英国的伊丽莎白一世等，但也激发了他与天主教的正面冲突，导致布鲁诺被剥夺牧师职务和开除教籍……
在法国、英国、德国享受了几年“知识自由”的生活，布鲁诺回到意大利。可是，宗教法庭用异教徒的罪名将他逮捕。那之后，布鲁诺历经8年的关押，伴随着残酷的严刑拷打直到1600年在罗马被施以火刑……
虽然现在梵蒂冈对处死布鲁诺表示后悔，可直到今天，仍拒绝澄清“他不是异教徒”，另一方面，宗教法庭正在试着免除布鲁诺的罪名……
本书记录了这位天才哲学家的工作、生活故事以及他非同寻常的宝贵“遗产”。布鲁诺的哲学思想流传甚广，对现代世界的发展有着极为重要的影响。作者出色的文笔重现了布鲁诺最后几年戏剧化的人生，他的被捕，他所经历的磨难……此外，对布鲁诺的思想为何令天主教倍感威胁，最终使他成为一名为“自由思想”牺牲的受难者做出精辟解释！（ZY）
Awards/获奖情况：Amazon.com Review
Giordano Bruno, the subject of Michael White’s The Pope and the Heretic, was a thoroughly modern intellect whose fate was to have lived during the late 16th century, a period characterized in large part by the Inquisition, the Church’s monomaniacal suppression of what it deemed heretical thought. A "cerebral maverick," Bruno believed in and wrote about an infinite universe--something beyond Copernicus’s heliocentric system, the human origins of the concept of the Trinity, and a possible amalgamation of Roman Catholic doctrine with those of ancient religions. His real crime, at least in Rome’s eyes, was his belief in "free inquiry." White’s biography is exemplary, in no small part because of his concise, crystal-clear discussions of the period’s intellectual beliefs, the delicately tempestuous battle between papal and civil authorities, and his detailed, illuminating look at Bruno’s trial and subsequent burning at the stake. The Pope and the Heretic is a trustworthy and enlightening entrance into the dizzyingly complex age of the Renaissance. --H. O’Billovich
About the Author/作者介绍： Michael White is a former science editor of British GQ, as well as previous Director of Scientific Studies at d’Overbroeck’s college, Oxford.He is the author of hundreds of articles covering the cutting edge of science, as well as popular and classical music.A consultant for the Discovery Channel series "The Science of the Impossible," White is the author of a dozen books, including bestselling biographies of Stephen Hawking, Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton, and Isaac Asimov. He lives with his wife and daughter in London, England.
迈克•怀特（Michael White），前任英国GQ杂志科学版的编辑，牛津大学d’Overbroeck学院科学研究系主任，已发表成百上千篇有关边缘科学、流行和古典音乐的文章。“发现频道” The Science of the Impossible系列节目的顾问。已创作、出版十几部畅销作品，包括斯蒂芬•霍肯（Stephen Hawking）, 查尔斯•达尔文（Charles Darwin）, 艾萨克• 牛顿（Isaac Newton）, 和 Isaac Asimov等知名人物的传记。与家人现居英国伦敦。
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