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  2. Edward A. Murphy Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Pacific Theatre of World War II, Korean War. Other work. Research in aerospace engineering and reliability engineering. Edward Aloysius Murphy Jr. (January 11, 1918 – July 17, 1990 [1]) was an American aerospace engineer who worked on safety-critical systems. He is best known for his namesake "Murphy's law", which is said to be "Anything that ...

  3. Murphy's law - Wikipedia

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    Murphy's law. Murphy's law [a] is an adage or epigram that is typically stated as: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong." In some formulations, it is extended to "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time." Though similar statements and concepts have been made over the course of history, the law itself was ...

  4. Murphy's War - Wikipedia

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    Murphy's War is an Eastmancolor 1971 Panavision war film starring Peter O'Toole and Siân Phillips. It was directed by Peter Yates based on the 1969 novel by Max Catto. The film's cinematographer was Douglas Slocombe . The film is set in South America during World War II and focuses on a stubborn survivor of a sunken merchant ship who is ...

  5. List of eponymous laws - Wikipedia

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    Casper's Dictum is a law in forensic medicine that states the ratio of time a body takes to putrefy in different substances – 1:2:8 in air, water and earth. Cassie's law describes the effective contact angle θ c for a liquid on a composite surface. Cassini's laws provide a compact description of the motion of the Moon.

  6. Unintended consequences - Wikipedia

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    In the social sciences, unintended consequences (sometimes unanticipated consequences or unforeseen consequences, more colloquially called knock-on effects) are outcomes of a purposeful action that are not intended or foreseen. The term was popularized in the 20th century by American sociologist Robert K. Merton. [1]

  7. Janet Quin-Harkin - Wikipedia

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    Nationality. British. Education. London University. Genre. historical mystery novels. Website. rhysbowen .com. Janet Quin-Harkin (born 24 September 1941, Bath, Somerset [1]) is an author best known for her mystery novels for adults written under the name Rhys Bowen .

  8. Murphy's Law (film) - Wikipedia

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    Budget. $8 million [1] Box office. $9,947,631 (USA) [1] Murphy's Law is a 1986 American neo-noir [2] action thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by Gail Morgan Hickman. It was released by Cannon Films to the United States on April 18, 1986. The film stars Charles Bronson and Kathleen Wilhoite in lead roles with a ...

  9. Murphy's Law (band) - Wikipedia

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    Murphy's Law is an American hardcore punk band from New York City, formed in 1982. While vocalist Jimmy Drescher remains the only founding member of the band, the line-up has consisted of numerous musicians who have performed with a diverse selection of musical acts across multiple genres, such as Skinnerbox, Danzig, The Bouncing Souls, Mucky Pup, Dog Eat Dog, Hanoi Rocks, Agnostic Front ...