"In Aristotle's Physics and On the Heavens he applied this method [metaphysics] to what we call the physical universe, where it is most inapplicable. His explanation was hardly more plausible than that of Plato, and lacked both its emotional exaltation and mathematical interest. But because it was part of that great Aristotelian logical universe, it became the main form in which Greek thought on the structure of the universe was transmitted to posterity. This was to prove particularly unfortunate for the progress of physics. Giordano Bruno had to be burnt and Galileo condemned before doctrines which were derived from Aristotle, rather than from the Bible, could be overthrown. The subsequent history of science is largely, in fact, the story of how Aristotle was overthrown in one field after another."
Bernal, J. D. (1965) Science in History.C. A. Watts & Co. Ltd. London, 3rd ed. 1039 pp., p.143.
This obviously confuses the issue and borders on the suggestion that Aristotle was responsible for Bruno's death. It is not Aristotle who is to blame for the longevity of his ideas but the Christian church. More on this in Lecture 12.