Byron's "Cain": The Ironies of Belief

4For non-technical introductions to the history of astronomy, Daniel J. Boorstin, The Discoverers (1985); Timothy Ferris, Coming of Age in the Milky Way (1988); Owen Gingerich, The General History of Astronomy (1984); Edward Harrison, Masks of the Universe (1985); Di eter B. Herrmann, The History of Astronomy (1984); Michael Hoskin, Stellar Astronomy (1982); Willy Ley, An Informal History of Astronomy (1963); Fred Hoyle, Astronomy (1964); Thomas Kuhn, The Copemi can Revolution (1959).