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Title Arguments that count : physics, computing, and missile defense, 1949-2012 / Rebecca Slayton.
Author Slayton, Rebecca, 1974- author.
Publisher Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2013]
Copyright ©2013

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 In Library  Standard  Library Level 8  History TL160 SLA  
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Description xi, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
ISBN 9780262019446 hardcover : alkaline paper
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.
Series Inside technology.
Library Class History TL160
Subject 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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