TY - BOOK AU - Slayton,Rebecca TI - Arguments that count: physics, computing, and missile defense, 1949-2012 SN - 9780262316538 (ebook) PY - 2013/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - MIT Press KW - National security KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - 21st century KW - Ballistic missile defenses KW - Physicists KW - Political activity KW - Computer scientists KW - Physics KW - Political aspects KW - Computer science KW - Technological complexity KW - Software engineering KW - Military policy N1 - 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Economy of Software Engineering -- Nature and Technology in the Star Wars Debate -- Conclusion: Complexity Unbound -- Unpublished Sources and Notations UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/nationallibgovin/Doc?id=10747530 ER -