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Arguments that count physics, computing, and missile defense, 1949-2012 /

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Main Author: Slayton, Rebecca, 1974-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2013.
Subjects:
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.
Electronic books.
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Table of 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  • Unpublished Sources and Notations.

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