The theoretical physicist shares his latest thoughts on the nature of space and time in this anthology of selections from Princeton University Press. Along with eminent colleagues, Hawking extends theoretical frontiers by speculating on the big questions of modern cosmology.

Theories of the Universe: From Babylonian Myth to Modern Science (Library of Scientific Thought)

History

Galileo Galilei

Thorkild Jacobsen

Claudius Ptolemy

Giordano Bruno

Nicolaus Copernicus

Theodor, Gomperz

F.M. Cornford

Plató

Lucretius

Ancient Civilizations

The Free Press

Giordano Bruno was an itinerant Italian friar who was burned at the stake in 1600 for heresies, that included his rejection of the Ptolemaic cosmology. Like Galileo, who met a similar fate for similar reasons later in the century, Bruno has been accorded martyrdom to the cause of scientific truth and regarded as a visionary whose ideas were out of joint with the superstitions of his time. In fact, as editors Edward Gosselin and Lawrence Lerner point out, Bruno was far more complex, and his thought far more intricate, than simple stereotype would suggest.
Possibly mad, certainly brilliant, vain, obstreperous, and often ignorant, Bruno was a Christian deeply immersed in Hermeticism and mysticism; simultaneously he was Copernican in his non-homocentric view of the universe. His La Cena de le ceneri was one of the first works in which Copernican theory was received outside the sphere of the natural sciences. These dialogues have never been generally accessible, and are translated into English as The Ash Wednesday Supper.
Using Copernican theory as both a foundation of and a metaphor for his own vast philosophical-theological-political-social program, Bruno united his conflicting beliefs and frustrated his critics. Arguing for the physical reality of the infinite universe with no centre, yet whose centre is everywhere, Bruno sought to prove that each man is every other man. Using this radical cosmology and the imagery of Lenten regeneration, the messianic Bruno sought to heal the secular and religious wounds of sixteenth-century Europe by reconciling Catholic and Protestant, France and England.
In this edition Gosselin and Lerner have provided a broad understanding of Bruno and his time, with background and interpretive discussion. They have also preserved the flavour and ferment of the original discourses and maintained Bruno's eclectic if somewhat obscure style.

The Ash Wednesday Supper (RSART: Renaissance Society of America Reprint Text Series)

Lawrence S. Lerner

Edward A. Gosselin

Arts & Photography

University of Toronto Press

The itinerant Neoplatonic scholar Giordano Bruno (1548–1600), one of the most fascinating figures of the Renaissance, was burned at the stake for heresy by the Inquisition in Rome on Ash Wednesday in 1600. The primary evidence against him was the book Spaccio de la bestia trionfante, a daring indictment of the church that abounded in references to classical Greek mythology, Egyptian religion (especially the worship of Isis), Hermeticism, magic, and astrology. 
The author of more than sixty works on mathematics, science, ethics, philosophy, metaphysics, the art of memory, and esoteric mysticism, Bruno had a profound impact on Western thought.

The Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Bison Books

Offers new translations of Bruno's 'Cause, Principle and Unity' in which he challenges the Aristotelian accounts of causality and spells out the implications of Copernicanism for a new theory of an infinite universe. Also includes two essays on magic, in which he interprets earlier theories about magical events.

Cause, Principle, and Unity: Five Dialogues (De la causa, principio, e uno)

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Praeger

First English Translation by Darius Klein. Black cloth with gilt title and printed dust jacket. Illustrated with woodcuts and diagrams for the Art of Memory. 138 pages.

Cantus Circaeus: The Incantations of Circe together with The Judiciary being The Art of Memory

Ouroboros Press

Rutgers University Press

Excerpt from Jordani Bruni Nolani Opera Latine Conscripta, Vol. 1: Parts II.; Continens, 1. De Immenso Et Innumerabilibus (Lib. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8); 2. De Monade, Numero Et FiguraNam fuerant quae vera. Prius neglecta, novantur, Atque boni studium praesens formabitur ultro. Quam eh ah antiquo celebrata ea. Corpora tamquam Praedita natura diversa quattuor bisce, Aethera Luciferumque est nomen corporis eius; Nomine Anaxagoras quamquam illo fertur abusus, Aethera qui non cursu sed dixit ah igne.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Jordani Bruni Nolani Opera Latine Conscripta, Vol. 1: Parts II.; Continens, 1. De Immenso Et Innumerabilibus (Lib. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8); 2. De Monade, Numero Et Figura (Classic Reprint) (Latin Edition)

Forgotten Books

Giordano Bruno Candlebearer Trasnalted with introduction and notes by Gino Moliterno

Candlebearer

Dovehouse Editions

Die Magie / Die verschiedenen Arten des Bannens und Bezauberns.

Skorpion Verlag

Opere italiane

UTET

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