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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:
  
  
  • Did Picasso know about Einstein? [An Interview with Arthur I. Miller]
    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.
    
    
  • A Brief History of Art and Science. [Co-authored with Physics World Editor, Peter Rodgers]
    Physics World, November 2002, Vol 18, No. 11, pp. 40
    
    

Academic Publications:

• "Physics by analogy"
  Published in Physics World magazine, February 2007, Vol. 20, No.2, , p.16].
  
  
  
• Muldoon, C.A., 2006, "Shall I Compare Thee To A Pressure Wave? Visualisation, Analogy, Insight And Communication In Physics." Doctoral Thesis, Science Studies Centre, Department of Psychology, University of Bath, England. (See Research Interests for raw data).
  
  
  
• 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.”
  
  
• Invited guest, Department of Physical Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland, 17th – 19th October, 2005.
  
  
• Technological and Aesthetic (Trans)Formations of Society,
  Darmstadt Technical University, October 12th – 14th October, 2005.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Technology in Context Research Group Meetings, Information and Communication Technologies Department, Open University, Milton Keynes, 25th May, 2005.
  Title of my talk: "Physicists' use of analogy to acquire and promote insight."
  
  
• 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)."
  
  
• Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Engineering: Abduction, Visualization and Simulation,
  Univeristy of Pavia, Italy, 16th-18th December, 2004
  
  
• Science Studies Centre Seminar Series,
  Department of Psychology, University of Bath, 10th Dec, 2004.
  Title of my talk: "Representational Practices in Physics: The Role of Analogy in Conceptualization and Communication."
  
  
• Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST 2004),
  Barcelona, Catalunya, 3rd-6th June 2004.
  
  
• British Society for the History of Science Postgraduate Conference,
  University of Manchester, UK, 6th-8th January, 2004
  Title of my talk: "The role of analogy in physics: past and present"
  

• Models, Simulation and the Application of Mathematics,
  Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Bielefeld, Germany, 4th-7th June, 2003.
  

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