Slayton, Rebecca,  1974- <br/><br/>
Arguments that count  physics, computing, and missile defense, 1949-2012 /  [electronic resource] : 
Rebecca Slayton. 
 - Cambridge, Mass. :  MIT Press,  2013. 
 - xi, 325 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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Economy of Software Engineering -- Nature and Technology in the Star Wars Debate -- Conclusion: Complexity Unbound -- Unpublished Sources and Notations. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2013. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>National security--History--United States--20th century.<br/>National security--History--United States--21st century.<br/>Ballistic missile defenses--History.--United States<br/>Physicists--Political activity--History.--United States<br/>Computer scientists--Political activity--History.--United States<br/>Physics--Political aspects--History.--United States<br/>Computer science--Political aspects--History.--United States<br/>Technological complexity--Political aspects--History.--United States<br/>Software engineering--Political aspects--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Military policy.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>UA22  / .S57 2013eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>358.1/740973