--- title: Blog Posts – Church Life Journal | science description: science | --- Search [![churchlife](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Churchlife_Aug2016_Theme/Images/church-life-journal-white-horizontal-1.png)](http://churchlife.nd.edu/) - [Essays](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays) - [Articles](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles) - [Blog](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post) - [Contributors](http://churchlife.nd.edu/contributors/) All posts filed under: BLOG POSTS [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/ComputerScience.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/05/10/contemplating-the-cosmos-the-art-of-science) ## [Contemplating the Cosmos: The Art of Science](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/05/10/contemplating-the-cosmos-the-art-of-science) Published by [Lucinda Krahl](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/author/lucinda-krahl) I remember writing my first computer program. I was learning to code in Java (which is a terrible first language to learn, but that’s another story). All the program did was open an interface window and convert a temperature to Fahrenheit or Celsius when I clicked a button. Since I was a beginner, the process involved a lot of drag-and-drop abstraction, in the same way that paint-a-number abstract... Share - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [May 10, 2016](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/05/10/contemplating-the-cosmos-the-art-of-science) [Blog Posts](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/blog-post) / [Computer Science](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/computer-science) / [Lucinda Krahl](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/lucinda-krahl) / [Contemplating the Cosmos](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/contemplating-the-cosmos) / [science](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/science) [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/supernova-crop.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/03/01/god-is-good-at-physics) ## [Contemplating the Cosmos: God is Good—at Physics](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/03/01/god-is-good-at-physics) Published by [Brandon M. Roach](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/author/brandon-m-roach) One of the first questions people ask me, upon learning I am a physics major, is what exactly I study. In an abstract sense, I study the universe—its fundamental particles, forces, and the mathematics used to describe their interactions. Since this is usually still too broad, I describe my particular field of research: nuclear astrophysics. My advisor and I write and run computer code to simulate ... 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