Murphy's Law Complete [antikvár]

PREFACEMurphy's Law. U.S. Informal. The principle chat whatever can possibly go wrong will. [Origin Unknown]. Funk and Wagnalls, Standard College Dictionary, New York, Funk and Wagnalls.Who was Murphy? What curious conspiracy of circumstances inspired him to formulate his now-famous precept? Why didn't he pick up his laundry? These are just a few of the many questions that I had no intention of answering in this book. Our finest scholars, experts in the fields of linguistics and folk history, have tried and failed to determine the origin of Murphy's Law. Who was I to argue with such a record?Resigned as I was to go to print without resolving these burning questions, I was most surprised to receive the following letter from a certain Mr. George Nichols of Southern California:Dear Arthur Blocb:Understand you are going to publish a book, Murphy's Law - And Other Reasons Why Things Go Wrong. Are you interested in including the true story of the naming of Murphy's Law?