> Giordano Bruno was burnt at the stake by the Inquisition in Rome because he upheld the heliocentric model and cosmic pluralism Yates argued in Giordano Bruno

> Giordano Bruno was burnt at the stake by the Inquisition in Rome because he upheld the heliocentric model and cosmic pluralism Yates argued in Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition (1964) that Bruno was burnt for espousing the Hermetic tradition rather than his affirmation of heliocentricity. Also, a "hero of science" is a stretch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno_and_the_Hermetic_Tradition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno_and_the_Hermeti...