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Arguments that count : physics, computing, and missile defense, 1949-2012
- Title
- Arguments that count : physics, computing, and missile defense, 1949-2012 / Rebecca Slayton.
- Author
- Slayton, Rebecca, 1974-
- Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2013]
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Details
- Description
- xi, 325 pages; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Inside technology
- Uniform Title
- Inside technology.
- Subjects
- Physics > Political aspects > United States > History
- Technological complexity > Political aspects > United States > History
- National security > United States > History > 21st century
- Computer science > Political aspects > United States > History
- National security > United States > History > 20th century
- Physicists > Political activity > United States > History
- Ballistic missile defenses > United States > History
- Software engineering > Political aspects > United States > History
- Computer scientists > Political activity > United States > History
- United States > Military policy
- Bibliography (note)
- 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Economy of Software Engineering -- Nature and Technology in the Star Wars Debate -- Conclusion: Complexity Unbound -- Unpublished Sources and Notations.
- Call Number
- JFE 13-7938
- ISBN
- 9780262019446 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0262019442 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780262316521 (electronic bk.) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2012051748
- OCLC
- 835578886
- Author
- Slayton, Rebecca, 1974-
- Title
- Arguments that count : physics, computing, and missile defense, 1949-2012 / Rebecca Slayton.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2013]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Inside technologyInside technology.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Other Form:
- Online version: Slayton, Rebecca, 1974- Arguments that count. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2013] 9780262316521
- Research Call Number
- JFE 13-7938