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Slayton, Rebecca, 1974-

Arguments that count physics, computing, and missile defense, 1949-2012 / Rebecca Slayton. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm.)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Software and the Race against Surprise Attack -- Framing an "Appallingly Complex" System -- Complexity and the "Art or Evolving Science" of Software -- "No Technological Solution" -- What Crisis? Software in the "Safeguard" Debate -- The Politics of Complex Technology -- The Political Economy of Software Engineering -- Nature and Technology in the Star Wars Debate -- Conclusion: Complexity Unbound -- Unpublished Sources and Notations.



ISBN: 9781461939016

Subjects--Topical Terms:
National security--History--United States--20th century.
National security--History--United States--21st century.
Ballistic missile defenses--History.--United States
Physicists--Political activity--History.--United States
Computer scientists--Political activity--History.--United States
Physics--Political aspects--History.--United States
Computer science--Political aspects--History.--United States
Technological complexity--Political aspects--History.--United States
Software engineering--Political aspects--History.--United States

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic Books.

LC Class. No.: UA22 / .A748 2013