Bugün öğrendim ki: her türlü teori ve öneriye rağmen, Douglas Adams'ın kendisi, bahçesine bakıp tamamen rastgele bir "komik" sayı seçtikten sonra "hayata, evrene ve her şeye cevap" olarak 42'yi seçtiğini söyledi.

Explanation of phrases from the book by Douglas Adams _[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy](/wiki/The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy")_ is a [comic science fiction](/wiki/Comic_science_fiction "Comic science" fiction") series created by [Douglas Adams](/wiki/Douglas_Adams "Douglas Adams") that has become popular among fans of the genre and members of the [scientific community](/wiki/Scientific_community "Scientific community"). Phrases from it are widely recognized and often used in reference to, but outside the context of, the source material. Many writers on [popular science](/wiki/Popular_science "Popular science"), such as [Fred Alan Wolf](/wiki/Fred_Alan_Wolf "Fred Alan Wolf"), [Paul Davies](/wiki/Paul_Davies "Paul Davies" ), and [Michio Kaku](/wiki/Michio_Kaku "Michio Kaku"), have used quotations in their books to illustrate facts about cosmology or philosophy.[1][2][3]