A Brief History of Time vs Eureka: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Cosmologie, 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…
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Eureka
"This edition puts Eureka in context, explaining Poe's excellent grasp of then-new developments in astronomy, his often-prescient considerations of what was known and what might come next. (Poe is especially good on…
The verdict
- Readers rate A Brief History of Time highest: A Brief History of Time 4.2 · Eureka 3.6.
- Eureka is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 4 for A Brief History of Time.
- 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 | Eureka | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (492256) | 3.6 (790) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (925) | 4.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (18) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (699) | 3.5 (14) |
Reception
| A Brief History of Time | Eureka | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 492256 | 790 |
| Editions | 120 | 155 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 637224 | 1549 |
| Pages | 248 | 86 |