by Joseph A'Hearn | Feb 17, 2023 | Chess, Featured
I’ve been playing on Chess.com since late 2018. You can find me here or by searching for DoctorAragorn. I’m what you might call a serious hobbyist. After each game ends, a Chess.com engine classifies every move into one of the following categories:•...
by Joseph A'Hearn | Mar 30, 2022 | Featured, Programming
Imagine being able to generate a plot with only one line of code. After I had spent some time coding in Python and generating plots in Matplotlib, I decided to make some shortcuts for each time I wanted to see a simple plot. Although plot_assistant was born in 2017,...
by Joseph A'Hearn | Jun 6, 2021 | Astronomy, Featured, Outreach, Science & Faith
“Extraterrestrials, AI, and Minds Beyond the Human” was the title of the Society of Catholic Scientists Conference that was held June 4-6, 2021. Members met in Washington, D.C., while others (like myself) tuned in to a livestream of the talks. Here I do...
by Joseph A'Hearn | Mar 27, 2021 | Astronomy, Basics, Featured, Outreach
“Astronomy is so cool, but it’s all over my head,” is a concept I hear a lot. This may be the case for you, but it doesn’t have to stay that way. In just 7 weeks, I can bring you up to speed with my Astronomy crash course. The first half of...
by Joseph A'Hearn | Jun 29, 2020 | Astronomy, Basics, Featured, Outreach, Science & Faith
Online High School Astronomy - Fall 2020 This Fall I will be teaching Astronomy for high schoolers on the Kepler Education platform. You can view and sign up for my course...
