Arguments that count : physics, computing, and missile defense, 1949-2012 /
Slayton, Rebecca,1974-
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Economy of Software Engineering -- Nature and Technology in the Star Wars Debate -- Conclusion: Complexity Unbound -- Unpublished Sources and Notations.
National security
National security
Ballistic missile defenses
Physicists
Computer scientists
Physics
Computer science
Technological complexity
Software engineering
Arguments that count.