42 – The book Have you ever contemplated the big questions pertaining to life, the universe and everything? Questions about existence and meaning? Questions that have the power to fill you with angst and dread? Of course you have. We all have. It is natural to ponder the deep and disturbing questions of existence. Programmed into the DNA of Homo Sapiens is a natural lust for knowledge and understanding. Knowledge of how the world works. But also knowledge of our place in the universe and how we ought to live. The aim of 42 (the book) is to oblige the need for a single book containing the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything (the title alludes to the 1979 Douglas Adams novel The Hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy, in which the supercomputer, Deep Thought, after seven and a half millions years of calculating, determines the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything, as the number forty-two).   Bio Deep Thought has a PhD in mechatronic engineering and have been working in the field of biomedical engineering first at Stellenbosch University in South Africa and now at Mississippi State University in the U.S. for more than a decade. His research focuses on neural engineering and understanding the brain. He has a passion for philosophy and completed a postgraduate diploma in applied ethics; has published numerous peer-reviewed journal and conference papers (40+) covering a broad range of biomedical engineering topics; wrote a chapter in a book on the neuroscience of morality; and have been interviewed on radio and television (in South Africa) regarding my research and opinions on free will. Het jy al ooit die groot vrae oor die lewe, die heelal en alles oorweeg? Vrae oor bestaan ​​en betekenis? Vrae wat die krag het om jou met angs en vrees te vul? Natuurlik het jy. Ons het almal. Dit is natuurlik om die diep en ontstellende vrae van die bestaan ​​te bepeins. Geprogrammeer in die DNA van Homo Sapiens is ‘n natuurlik…