Dr. Ciara Aisling
Muldoon:
Publications, Conferences and Workshops
Popular Science Publications:
Physics
by analogy
[Based on doctoral research, published in Physics
World magazine, February 2007, Vol. 20, No.2, , p.16].
See pencil and colour versions of Prof. Paul Coleman's amusing Dazed Chickens Analogy featured in the above Physics World article.
Einstein
and Freud: novel thoughts
[A review of Richard Panek's "The Invisible Century: Einstein, Freud
and the Search for Hidden Universes", Physics
World, June 2005,Vol 18, No. 6, pp. 42, 43]
Download scans of pages 42
, 43
and a Correction
from Getty Images.
I worked on an Art and Science issue of Physics
World during my work placement in 2002, resulting in several publications:
Physics World, November 2002, Vol 18, No. 11, pp. 30-31
Download scan of pages 30
and 31.
Iconic
Images. [Co-authored with Physics World Editor, Peter Rodgers]
Physics World, November 2002, Vol 18, No. 11, pp. 35, 36, 37, 41.
Download scan of page 35,
36,
37,
41.
Muldoon, C.A., 2006, "Physicists' use of Model-Based Reasoning
to Conceptualise and Communicate Physics," pages 28-49 in
Pathways into research-based teaching and learning in mathemaitcs and science
education, edited by Tuula Asunta and Jouni Viiri. Research papers
84, Department of Teacher Education, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
Conferences and Workshops:
Annual Symposium of the Finnish Mathematics and Science Education
Research Association,
University of Jyväskylä, Finland, 21st & 22nd of October 2005.
Title of my talk: “On Physicists' use of Model-Based Reasoning to Conceptualise
and Communicate Physics.”
(Pages 28-49 in Pathways into research-based teaching and learning
in mathemaitcs and science education, edited by Tuula Asunta and
Jouni Viiri.
Research papers 84, Department of Teacher Education, University of Jyväskylä,
Finland.
First Nordic Workshop: Abduction and Model-Based Reasoning,
University of Jyväskylä, Finland, 20th & 21st of October 2005.
Title of my talk: “Billiard Balls, Singularity Falls, Dazed Chickens
and Nano-Onions: Physicists' use of Model-Based Reasoning to Conceptualise
and Communicate Physics.”
British Society for the History of Science Annual Conference,
Leeds, UK, July, 2005
Title of my talk: "What to do if you can't catch
a Babel Fish: On bridging ‘linguistic’ divides between ‘sub-cultures’
within the physics community."
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, 16-18
Queen Square, Bath, UK, July 8th, 2005
Title of my talk: "Visualising the Unseen:
The Role of Analogy in Physics."
Published in the Proceedings of the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution.
Volume 9 (September 2004-August 2005), pp.154-155.
British Society for the History of Science Postgraduate Conference,
University of Cambridge, UK, 5th-7th January, 2005
Title of my talk: "What to do if you can't
catch a Babel Fish: How one physicist attempted to bridge the 'linguistic'
divides between 'sub-cultures' of the physics community (1946-1997)."