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Arguments that count : physics, computing, and missile defense, 1949-2012
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Arguments that count : physics, computing, and missile defense, 1949-2012
-- Physics, computing, and missile defense, 1949-2012
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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Economy of Software Engineering -- Nature and Technology in the Star Wars Debate -- Conclusion: Complexity Unbound -- Unpublished Sources and Notations.
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Title
Arguments that count : physics, computing, and missile defense, 1949-2012 -- Physics, computing, and missile defense, 1949-2012
Authors
Slayton, Rebecca, 1974-
Subjects
National security--United States--History--20th century.
National security--United States--History--21st century.
Ballistic missile defenses--United States--History.
Physicists--Political activity--United States--History.
Computer scientists--Political activity--United States--History.
Physics--Political aspects--United States--History.
Technological complexity--Political aspects--United States--History.
Software engineering--Political aspects--United States--History.
Computer science--Political aspects--United States--History.
United States--Military policy.
Language
English
Published
Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2013]
Publication Desc
xi, 325 pages : illustrations ;
ISBN
9780262019446 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2012051748
Series
Inside technology Inside technology.
Dimensions
24 cm