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Author

Slayton, Rebecca, 1974-

Title Arguments that count [electronic resource] : physics, computing, and missile defense, 1949-2012 / Rebecca Slayton.

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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2013.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xi, 325 p.
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Economy of Software Engineering -- Nature and Technology in the Star Wars Debate -- Conclusion: Complexity Unbound -- Unpublished Sources and Notations.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780262019446 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	9780262316538 (electronic bk.)