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Author Slayton, Rebecca, 1974-

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

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (pages cm)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography 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Economy of Software Engineering -- Nature and Technology in the Star Wars Debate -- Conclusion: Complexity Unbound -- Unpublished Sources and Notations.
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Subject National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
National security.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject National security -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Chronological Term 21st century
Subject Ballistic missile defenses -- United States -- History.
Ballistic missile defenses.
Physicists -- Political activity -- United States -- History.
Physicists -- Political activity.
Physicists.
Computer scientists -- Political activity -- United States -- History.
Computer scientists.
Political participation.
Physics -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.
Physics.
Computer science -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.
Computer science.
Technological complexity -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.
Technological complexity.
Software engineering -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.
Software engineering.
United States -- Military policy.
Military policy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Slayton, Rebecca, 1974- Arguments that count. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2013] 9780262019446 (DLC) 2012051748 (OCoLC)835578886
ISBN 9781461939016 (electronic book)
1461939011 (electronic book)
9780262316538 (electronic book)
0262316536 (electronic book)
9780262019446
0262019442