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Author:

Slayton, Rebecca, 1974-

Title:

Arguments that count : physics, computing, and missile defense, 1949-2012 / Rebecca Slayton.

Publisher:

The MIT Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xi, 325 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

National security--United States--History--20th century.
National security--United States--History--21st century.
Ballistic missile defenses--United States--History.
Physicists--History.--United States--History.
Computer scientists--History.--United States--History.
Physics--History.--United States--History.
Computer science--History.--United States--History.
Technological complexity--History.--United States--History.
Software engineering--History.--United States--History.
United States--Military policy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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Economy of Software Engineering -- Nature and Technology in the Star Wars Debate -- Conclusion: Complexity Unbound -- Unpublished Sources and Notations.

Series:

Inside technology

ISBN:

0262019442 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780262019446 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)835578886

LCCN:

2012051748

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)