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Giordano Bruno

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Origins of Heliocentrism

Bruno subscribed to the idea that the universe was infinite and there could be other solar systems like ours. He wrote of the belief that space could be finite. We cannot deny infinity merely because we do not sensibly perceive it yet, he said.

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