Slayton, Rebecca, 1974-

Arguments that count physics, computing, and missile defense, 1949-2012 / [electronic resource] : Rebecca Slayton. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2013. - xi, 325 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Economy of Software Engineering -- Nature and Technology in the Star Wars Debate -- Conclusion: Complexity Unbound -- Unpublished Sources and Notations.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780262316538 (electronic bk.)




National security--History--United States--20th century.
National security--History--United States--21st century.
Ballistic missile defenses--History.--United States
Physicists--Political activity--History.--United States
Computer scientists--Political activity--History.--United States
Physics--Political aspects--History.--United States
Computer science--Political aspects--History.--United States
Technological complexity--Political aspects--History.--United States
Software engineering--Political aspects--History.--United States


United States--Military policy.


Electronic books.

UA22 / .S57 2013

358.1/740973