Brief Answers to the Big Questions vs Longitude: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Science, Biography & Memoir, History

Cover of Brief Answers to the Big Questions

Brief Answers to the Big Questions Stephen Hawking · 2014 ★★★★☆ 4.3 256 pages · ≈ 4 h 44 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of Longitude

Longitude Dava Sobel · 1995 ★★★★☆ 4.3 188 pages · ≈ 3 h 29 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 4.3 vs 4.3 — either is a safe pick by score.
Longitude is the easier read (Moderate), Brief Answers to the Big Questions more demanding (Challenging).

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