The bronze figure of Giordano Bruno that stands at the center of Rome’s Campo de’ Fiori may be the most successful commemorative monument in the world. The average statue in a park or square usually ...

The pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, like Giordano Bruno, also challenged government-backed, violence-enforced dogma. The invention of Bitcoin comes after decades of hard work, persecution by the ...

Giordano Bruno, as animated in Cosmos. (Image courtesy of Fox) It is very much in the spirit of Cosmos, and of the scientific process in general, to engage in debate in the search for deeper truths.

Bronze statue of Giordano Bruno by Ettore Ferrari (1845-1929) in the Campo de' Fiori in Rome (Wikimedia Commons) Every weekday, the piazza of Rome’s Campo de’ Fiori (Field of Flowers) serves as a ...

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I recall interviewing Max Tegmark, an unaccomplished physicist, who had written a “grand view of physics” book which purported to prove that an infinite number of universe existed alongside our own.

The philosopher Giordano Bruno, burned for heresy in 1600, has become a symbol of free expression and tolerance Every year on 17 February, a crowd gathers in Rome’s Campo de’ Fiori to place wreaths, ...

The invention of Bitcoin comes after decades of hard work, persecution by the government and the relentless perseverance of the cypherpunks. Satoshi was humble enough to stand on the shoulders of ...

You remember Nola, the little outlying city from Naples. Few places so small have so much fame. It is renowned for the resistance its fortress offered to Hannibal 1 after the terrible slaughter of ...