Edward A. Murphy, of "Murphy's Law" fame, at West Point. (U.S. Army) According to the book " Sonic Wind: The Story of John Paul Stapp and How a Renegade Doctor Became the Fastest Man on Earth ...

US Air Force Captain Edward Murphy said it in 1949, and we all paraphrase: Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. Most of the scientific community has written off the law as a myth – a ...