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

by Slayton, Rebecca

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Title Statements

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

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):MIT Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Mass
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 325 p.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780262316538, 0262316536
oclc:on1261962323
LC Classification:UA22
Dewey Decimal:358.1/740973

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Economy of Software Engineering -- Nature and Technology in the Star Wars Debate -- Conclusion: Complexity Unbound -- Unpublished Sources and Notations.

Subjects

Ballistic missile defenses Ballistic missile defenses -- History. … Complexité technologique -- Aspect poli… Computer science -- Political aspects -… Computer scientists -- Political activi… Défense antimissile -- Histoire. -- Éta… Génie logiciel -- Aspect politique -- É… History Informaticiens -- Activité politique --… Informatique -- Aspect politique -- Éta… Military policy National security National security -- History -- 20th ce… National security -- History -- 21st ce… Physiciens -- Activité politique -- Éta… Physicists -- Political activity Physicists -- Political activity -- Uni… Physics -- Political aspects -- United … Physique -- Aspect politique -- États-U… Software engineering -- Political aspec…