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Cheops law

Adage written by Robert A. Heinlein


Adage written by Robert A. Heinlein

Cheops' Law is an adage or epigram that is typically stated as, Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget.

Written by Robert A. Heinlein; attributed to his fictitious character Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love (1973) and later in The Notebooks Of Lazarus Long.

References

References

  1. Jon Fripp, Michael Fripp, Deborah Fripp, ''Speaking of Science'' (Newnes, 2000), {{ISBN
  2. [[Arthur Bloch]], ''Murphy's Law: the 26th Anniversary edition'', (Penguin, 2003), {{ISBN
  3. [[Robert A. Heinlein]], ''[[Time Enough for Love]]'' (Penguin, 1988 reprint), {{ISBN
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