Absence in Science, Security and Policy

1. Front Matter

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2. Ways of Seeing, Ways of Not Seeing

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Sensing Absence: How to See What Isn’t There in the Study of Science and Security

      • Brian Rappert

      Pages 3-33Open Access

   3. An Open Day for Secrets: Biological Warfare, Steganography, and Hiding Things in Plain Sight

      • Brian Balmer

      Pages 34-52

3. Practices of Inattention

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53

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   2. What ELSA/I Makes Big and Small in Nanotechnology Research

      • Michael Schillmeier

      Pages 55-77

   3. Missing the Obvious: Coping with Scientific and Technological Change in Chemical and Biological Weapons Arms Control, 1968–2013

      • John R. Walker

      Pages 78-92

   4. Non-News Values in Science Journalism

      • Felicity Mellor

      Pages 93-113

   5. Project Jefferson: Technological Surprises and Critical Omissions

      • Kathleen M. Vogel

      Pages 114-131

   6. Taking Care in Synthetic Biology

      • Sam Weiss Evans, Emma K. Frow

      Pages 132-153

4. Sights and Sensitivities

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155

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   2. What Counts as the Hostile Use of Chemicals?

      • James Revill, Brett Edwards

      Pages 157-179

   3. A Phoenix of the Modern World: The Re-emergence of National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity and its Implications for Scientific Practitioners

      • Gerald Walther, Malcolm Dando

      Pages 180-199

   4. Causing Problems: Classification of Humanitarian Concerns Regarding Explosive Weapons

      • Richard Moyes

      Pages 200-225

   5. Concluding Absences

      • Brian Rappert, Brian Balmer

      Pages 226-237

5. Back Matter

   Pages 238-240

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This book explores the absent and missing in debates about science and security. Through varied case studies, including biological and chemical weapons control, science journalism, nanotechnology research and neuroethics, the contributors explore how matters become absent, ignored or forgotten and the implications for ethics, policy and society.The chapter 'Sensing Absence: How to See What Isn't There in the Study of Science and Security' is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license via link.springer.com.

• Science Policy
• Security
• Absence
• Arms Control
• Secrecy
• Disarmament
• Technology
• Ethics
• care
• ethics
• Nation
• Policy
• weapons

• Technology and Public Affairs, University of Exeter, UK

  Brian Rappert

• Department of Science, University College London, UK

  Brian Balmer

Malcolm Dando, University of Bradford, UK Brett Edwards, University of Bath, UK Sam Weiss Evans, Harvard University, USA Emma Frow, Arizona State University, USA Felicity Mellor, Imperial College London, UK Richard Moyes, Article 36, UK James Revill, University of Sussex, UK Michael Schillmeier, University of Exeter, UK Kathleen M. Vogel, NC State University, USA John R.Walker, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK Gerald Walther, University of Manchester, UK

Policies and ethics