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Giordano Bruno (1548–1600), born Filippo Bruno, was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, and cosmological theorist. He is known for his cosmological theories, which conceptually extended the then-novel Copernican model. In addition to cosmology, Bruno also wrote extensively on the art of memory, a loosely organized group of mnemonic techniques and principles. Other studies of Bruno have focused on his qualitative approach to mathematics and his application of the spatial concepts of geometry to language. Eugenio Canone is Director of Research at the Institute for European Intellectual Lexicon and the History of Ideas (ILIESI, Rome). Ingrid D. Rowland is a professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Notre Dame, Rome.
Scholars, teachers, and students of Renaissance literature and intellectual history will certainly benefit from this elegant translation, which successfully contributes to the growing availability of Italian philosophical texts in reliable and accessible English translations. Bruno specialists, moreover, will certainly appreciate Rowland's deep understanding of the text and insightful comments on the life and thought of the Nolan. -- Matteo Soranzo * Recensioni *
