Why there are no Irish mathematicians ..

Have you ever noticed that in a large empty car park, someone will always come and park their car next to yours ?

this is Murphy's Law..

"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong." :0(

My apologies..

I always thought that Murphy was Irish...

Edward Aloysius Murphy, Jr. (January 11, 1918 – July 17, 1990 was an American aerospace engineer who worked on safety-critical systems. He is best-known for the eponymous Murphy's law, which is said to state, "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_A._Murphy,_Jr.

Brit, come on.

Mr. Ed was a horse....

Murphy was Irish

Ed Murphy was an American!

Dont tell me Britexpat that you aint heard of Murphy's law?

It's not clear, brit. Maybe his legs came out on the 3rd and his head on the 4th.

Why was he born over two days ?

Also Stoke's theorem from vector Calculus if you recall it :)

Thanks for confirming that LincolnPirate.. It is real funny!

Is this another Nationality Bashing thread?

Funny, ain't it?

Sir William Rowan Hamilton, (b. August 3/4, 1805, Dublin, Ireland—d. September 2, 1865, Dublin), Irish mathematician who contributed to the development of optics, dynamics, and algebra—in particular, discovering the algebra of quaternions. His work proved significant for the development of quantum mechanics.