02362nam a2200433 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020004300112020002700155040002100182035002100203043001200224050002200236082002100258100002900279245012200308260004200430300001500472504005100487505044300538533015200981650006101133650006101194650005601255650006001311650006901371650005601440650006501496650007301561650006901634651003601703655002901739710001701768856012601785999001701911ebr10747530CaPaEBRm     o  u        cr cn|||||||||130322s2013    mau     sb    001 0 eng d  z  2012051748  z9780262019446 (hardcover : alk. paper)  z9780262316538 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)856929636  an-us---14aUA22b.S57 2013eb04a358.1/7409732231 aSlayton, Rebecca,d1974-10aArguments that counth[electronic resource] :bphysics, computing, and missile defense, 1949-2012 /cRebecca Slayton.  aCambridge, Mass. :bMIT Press,c2013.  axi, 325 p.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aSoftware 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Economy of Software Engineering -- Nature and Technology in the Star Wars Debate -- Conclusion: Complexity Unbound -- Unpublished Sources and Notations.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aNational securityzUnited StatesxHistoryy20th century. 0aNational securityzUnited StatesxHistoryy21st century. 0aBallistic missile defenseszUnited StatesxHistory. 0aPhysicistsxPolitical activityzUnited StatesxHistory. 0aComputer scientistsxPolitical activityzUnited StatesxHistory. 0aPhysicsxPolitical aspectszUnited StatesxHistory. 0aComputer sciencexPolitical aspectszUnited StatesxHistory. 0aTechnological complexityxPolitical aspectszUnited StatesxHistory. 0aSoftware engineeringxPolitical aspectszUnited StatesxHistory. 0aUnited StatesxMilitary policy. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10747530zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c34970d34970