Arguments that count [electronic resource] : physics, computing, and missile defense, 1949-2012 / Rebecca Slayton.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2013.Description: xi, 325 pISBN: - 9780262316538 (ebook)
- 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 policy
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National Library of India | Available | EBK000016929ENG |
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Economy of Software Engineering -- Nature and Technology in the Star Wars Debate -- Conclusion: Complexity Unbound -- Unpublished Sources and Notations.
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