Absence in Science, Security and Policy

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Part I: Ways Of Seeing, Ways Of Not Seeing 1. Sensing Absence: How to See What Isn ' 't There in the Study of Science and Security; Brian Rappert 2. An Open Day for Secrets: Biological Warfare, Stenganography, and Hiding Things in Plain Sight; Brian Balmer Part II: Practices Of Inattention 3. What ELSA Makes Small in Nanomedicine: Non-Concerns in Current Trends in STS; Michael Schillmeier 4. Missing the Obvious - Coping With Scientific And Technological Change In Chemcial and Biological Weapons Arms 5. Control, 1968-2013; John Walker 6. Non-News Values in Science Journalism; Felicity Mellor 7. Project Jefferson: Technological Surprises and Critical Omissions; Kathleen Vogel 8. Taking Care of Security in Synthetic Biology; Sam Weiss Evans and Emma Frow Part III: Sights and Sensitivities 9. What Counts as the Hostile Use of Chemicals?; James Revill and Brett Edwards 10. A Phoenix of the Modern World: The Re-Emergence of National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity and its Implications for Scientific Practitoners; Gerald Walther and Malcolm Dando 11. Causing Problems: Classification Of Humanitarian Concerns Regarding Explosive Weapons; Richard Moyes 12. Concluding Absences; Brian Rappert and Brian Balmer