physics, computing, and missile defense, 1949-2012 /
First Statement of Responsibility
Rebecca Slayton
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xi, 325 pages ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Inside technology
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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Economy of Software Engineering -- Nature and Technology in the Star Wars Debate -- Conclusion: Complexity Unbound -- Unpublished Sources and Notations
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Title
Arguments that count.
International Standard Book Number
9780262316521
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Ballistic missile defenses-- United States-- History
Computer science-- Political aspects-- United States-- History
Computer scientists-- Political activity-- United States-- History
National security-- United States-- History-- 20th century
National security-- United States-- History-- 21st century
Physicists-- Political activity-- United States-- History
Physics-- Political aspects-- United States-- History
Software engineering-- Political aspects-- United States-- History
Technological complexity-- Political aspects-- United States-- History