Edward A. Murphy, Jr.
American engineer, coiner of Murphy's law (1918–1990)
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Edward Aloysius Murphy Jr. 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 can go wrong will go wrong".
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