Cover
Title Page
Imprint Page
Contents
Introduction
1: The Crimes of Giordano Bruno
Pythagoras and Copernicus
The Moving Earth and the Fugitive Friar
Prisoner of the Inquisition
Censured Propositions in Bruno’s Books
Fire and Smoke
Why the Romans Killed Bruno
2: Aliens on the Moon?
Kepler Announces Life in Other Worlds!
Campanella Imprisoned and Tortured
Bellarmine and the Enemies of Bruno
Galileo in Danger
3: The Enemies of Galileo
Campanella Defends Galileo from Prison
Galileo Defends the Pythagorean Doctrines Again
Inchofer Against the New Pythagoreans
No Life in Other Worlds, No Living Earth
Campanella’s Exile and Death
4: Worlds on the Moon and the Stars
How Heretical, Really?
Bellarmine’s Innumerable Suns
Critiques after Galileo’s Death
Conclusion
References
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index