A Brief History of Time vs Le Mythe de l'éternel retour: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Cosmologie, Temps, Cosmology
A Brief History of Time
Stephen Hawking's ‘A Brief History of Time has become an international publishing phenomenon. Translated into thirty languages, it has sold over ten million copies worldwide and lives on as a science book that continues…
1 film adaptation
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Le Mythe de l'éternel retour
"This founding work of the history of religions, first published in English in 1954, secured the North American reputation of the Romanian emigre-scholar Mircea Eliade (1907-1986). Making reference to an astonishing…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- A Brief History of Time has the widest readership — 492256 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Brief History of Time | Le Mythe de l'éternel retour | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (492256) | 4.2 (3489) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (925) | — |
| Google Books | 4.0 (18) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (699) | — |
Reception
| A Brief History of Time | Le Mythe de l'éternel retour | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 492256 | 3489 |
| Editions | 120 | 54 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 637224 | 10978 |
| Reading it now | 37677 | 282 |
| Written reviews | 14588 | 232 |
| Wikipedia attention | 8444 | — |
| Pages | 248 | 195 |