This book explores the absent and missing in debates about science and security. Through varied case studies, including biological and chemical weapons control,

Chapter 1 of this book is open access under a CC BY license. This is a chapter from Absence in Science, Security and Policy edited by Brian Rappert and Brian Ba

It’s Silence, Soundly, It’s Nothing, Seriously and It’s Absence, Presently, continue The ‘It’ Series published by Matador since The Book of It (2010).

Basic scientific research and technological development have had an enormous impact on innovation, economic growth, and social well-being. Yet science policy de

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. The phrase ‘here be monsters’ or ‘here be dragons