An inside look at " The Discovery of Subatomic Particles, skewed The inside is larger than the outside.. In Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the number 42 is the answer to the "Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything". Not 52. 37 is the least chosen random number. the electron was the first subatomic particle discovered. maybe Thale of Maketa's static electricity. by the magic of photographic reprodiction. shoulda said