--- product_id: 622924912 title: "Otherlands: A World in the Making" price: "£16.48" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/622924912-otherlands-a-world-in-the-making store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Otherlands: A World in the Making **Price:** £16.48 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Otherlands: A World in the Making - **How much does it cost?** £16.48 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/622924912-otherlands-a-world-in-the-making) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Otherlands: A World in the Making [Thomas Halliday] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Otherlands: A World in the Making Review: This book is full of wonders! - This is a wonderful book!! Review: A great book with an interesting error in introduction :) - I quote from page xii: "If all 4.5 billion years of Earth's history were to be condensed into a single day and played out, more than three million years of footage would go by every second." Sorry? Where did this number come from? 4.5 billion divided by 86,400 is 52,083. That's the number of years that would go by every second. It continues: "The mass extinction event that extinguished pterosaurs, plesiosaurs and all non-bird dinosaurs would occur 21 seconds before the end." Well, it would occur 65 million divided by 52,083 seconds before the end, which is 1,248 seconds or almost 21 minutes. And to finish: "Written human history would begin in the last two thousandths of a second." If we take it to begin 5,000 years ago that would make roughly one tenth of a second. The numbers are off by approximately a factor of 60 which reveals what kind of error happened. Instead of using 86,400 (the number of seconds in a day), 1,440 was used (the number of minutes). The first two statements are actually correct if "second" is substituted with "minute". Worth fixing in the next edition though or we risk seeing these numbers repeated everywhere :D ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #882,098 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (795) | | Dimensions | 5.04 x 0.91 x 7.72 inches | | ISBN-10 | 0141991143 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0141991146 | | Item Weight | 10.6 ounces | | Language | English | | Print length | 385 pages | | Publication date | February 2, 2023 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | ## Images ![Otherlands: A World in the Making - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81RdSvjf+fL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book is full of wonders! *by S***N on January 14, 2026* This is a wonderful book!! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A great book with an interesting error in introduction :) *by R***N on March 8, 2022* I quote from page xii: "If all 4.5 billion years of Earth's history were to be condensed into a single day and played out, more than three million years of footage would go by every second." Sorry? Where did this number come from? 4.5 billion divided by 86,400 is 52,083. That's the number of years that would go by every second. It continues: "The mass extinction event that extinguished pterosaurs, plesiosaurs and all non-bird dinosaurs would occur 21 seconds before the end." Well, it would occur 65 million divided by 52,083 seconds before the end, which is 1,248 seconds or almost 21 minutes. And to finish: "Written human history would begin in the last two thousandths of a second." If we take it to begin 5,000 years ago that would make roughly one tenth of a second. The numbers are off by approximately a factor of 60 which reveals what kind of error happened. Instead of using 86,400 (the number of seconds in a day), 1,440 was used (the number of minutes). The first two statements are actually correct if "second" is substituted with "minute". Worth fixing in the next edition though or we risk seeing these numbers repeated everywhere :D ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Interesting *by G***N on June 30, 2024* I found this book an interesting way to describe the changing way of life on our planet. 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