2011年2月6日 · Douglas Adams said it was the answer to the meaning of life, the universe, and everything. He meant it as a joke, but a new book shows how the number 42 has played a significant role in history

"Life, the universe, and everything" is a common name for the off-topic section of an Internet forum, and the phrase is invoked in similar ways to mean "anything at all".

The number 42 from Douglas Adams' 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' represents all meaning ('the meaning of life, the universe, and everything') as determined by the fictional supercomputer Deep Thought.

2022年10月29日 · The fourth episode recounted a tale about the answer to humanity’s ultimate existential question. Millions of years ago a race of hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings decided to build a computer called Deep Thought to solve the …

Life, the Universe and Everything (1982, ISBN 0-345-39182-9) is the third book in the six-volume Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy science fiction "trilogy of six books" by British writer Douglas Adams. The title refers to the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything.

2025年1月20日 · If life is going to exist in a Universe of this size, then the one thing it cannot afford to have is a sense of proportion... The Total Perspective Vortex derives its picture of the whole Universe on the principle of extrapolated matter analyses.

In this book, a group of hyper-intelligent beings creates a supercomputer named “Deep Thought” to find the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. After millions of years of calculations, the computer produces the answer: “42.” Why is the Meaning of Life “42”?

2024年1月10日 · We know the observable universe is about 93 billion light-years in diameter, with us slap bang in the middle of it – but what about the un observable universe?

The Ultimate Question is the actual inquiry behind the Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe, and Everything. The Ultimate Question was sought after the supercomputer Deep Thought revealed the Ultimate Answer to be 42.

Cambridge astronomers have found that 42 is the value of an essential scientific constant - one which determines the age of the universe. What Is the Meaning of Life, the Universe and Everything? A new year is coming up, a new beginning, so perhaps it is time to take stock anew of just what on earth we're doing with our lives.