Slayton, Rebecca,  1974- <br/><br/>
Arguments that count  physics, computing, and missile defense, 1949-2012 / 
Rebecca Slayton. 
 - Cambridge, Massachusetts :  The MIT Press,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource (pages cm.) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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of Software Engineering --  Nature and Technology in the Star Wars Debate --  Conclusion: Complexity Unbound --  Unpublished Sources and Notations. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781461939016 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>National security--History--United States--20th century.<br/>National security--History--United States--21st century.<br/>Ballistic missile defenses--History.--United States<br/>Physicists--Political activity--History.--United States<br/>Computer scientists--Political activity--History.--United States<br/>Physics--Political aspects--History.--United States<br/>Computer science--Political aspects--History.--United States<br/>Technological complexity--Political aspects--History.--United States<br/>Software engineering--Political aspects--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>UA22  / .A748 2013