"Michael SERVETUS (1511-1553) credited with discovering pulmonary circulation. He wrote a book, which outlined his discovery along with his ideas about reforming Christianity -- it was deemed to be heretical. Under orders from John Calvin, Servetus was arrested, tortured and burned at the stake on the shores of Lake Geneva. \\ When Hitler came to power in January 1933, Albert EINSTEIN was in California and was almost immediately deprived of his posts in Berlin and his membership of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. His property was seized and his books were burned in public. \\ After admitting to "homosexual acts" in 1952, Alan TURING was prosecuted and had to make the choice between a custodial sentence or chemical castration through hormone injections. Injections of oestrogen were intended to deal with "abnormal and uncontrollable" sexual urges. Turing experienced some disturbing side effects, including impotence, breast swelling, mood changes and an overall "feminization."" - Adriano