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Mar 1, 2018 · What does 42 mean? 42 is the answer to the “ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything,” a joke in Douglas Adams’s 1979 novel, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Where does 42 come from? The Nir Simionovich Blog.
Sep 10, 2019 · A team of mathematicians led by Andrew Sutherland of MIT and Andrew Booker of Bristol University found a solution for the elusive number 42, which is the answer to life, the universe, and everything in Douglas Adams' novel. They used a massively parallel computation platform based on Charity Engine, a network of over 400,000 volunteers' home PCs.
- Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert died aged 42; they had 42 grandchildren and their great-grandson, Edward VIII, abdicated at the age of 42.
- The world's first book printed with movable type is the Gutenberg Bible which has 42 lines per page.
- On page 42 of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry discovers he's a wizard.
- The first time Douglas Adams essayed the number 42 was in a sketch called "The Hole in the Wall Club". In it, comedian Griff Rhys Jones mentions the 42nd meeting of the Crawley and District Paranoid Society.
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42 is a natural number with many mathematical and scientific properties, such as being a sphenic, abundant, and Catalan number. It also has cultural and religious significance in various contexts, such as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the Bible.
Apr 12, 2013 · A movie about the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era, facing racism and discrimination. Starring Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford and Nicole Beharie, directed by Brian Helgeland.
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42 is a 2013 American film about the life of Jackie Robinson, the first black player in Major League Baseball. The title refers to his jersey number, which was retired across all MLB teams in 1997.
Sep 21, 2020 · Learn how the number 42 became a popular reference in sci-fi, geek culture and math, from Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to binary representations and odd powers of two. Discover the origin, properties and coincidences of this ordinary but curious number.
