Arguments that count [electronic resource] : physics, computing, and missile defense, 1949-2012 / Rebecca Slayton.
By: Slayton, Rebecca.
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BookPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2013Description: xi, 325 p.Subject(s): 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 | Computer science -- Political aspects -- United States -- History | Technological complexity -- Political aspects -- United States -- History | Software engineering -- Political aspects -- United States -- History | United States -- Military policyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 358.1/740973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references 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Economy of Software Engineering -- Nature and Technology in the Star Wars Debate -- Conclusion: Complexity Unbound -- Unpublished Sources and Notations.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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