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In one essay, this author argues that just as the first step towards treating disease was replacing demon theories with the germ theory, and thereby dashing "all hopes of a magical solution," so a certain branch of human activity should abandon all hope of a "silver bullet." This author concluded that the answer to the title question was that those undertaking the project were lacking both communication and organization in an essay asking "Why did the Tower of Babel fail?" According to this author, the "truly useful object" is the programming systems product even though it costs nine times as much, but he bemoaned the fact that programming systems "reflect conceptual disunity far worse than that of cathedrals." In his most famous essay, this author stated his eponymous law, which holds that "adding manpower to a late project makes it later." For 10 points, identify this writer on software design, the author of The Mythical Man-Month.
In one essay, this author argues that just as the first step towards treating disease was replacing demon theories with the germ theory, and thereby dashing "all hopes of a magical solution," so a certain branch of human activity should abandon all hope of a "silver bullet.
Fred Brooks