ActressMathematician Danica McKellar's Book
The notions that "girls can't do math," "math sucks," and "you can't be cool if you're smart" are pernicious myths that hurt women as well as society in general. Danica McKellar's new book, "Math Doesn't Suck" does it's best to explode all of those generalizations.
McKellar,Mbt Schuhe Kipimo, best known as "Winnie" on the eighties TV show "The Wonder Years'" is not only a respected working actress, but an accomplished mathematician as well. Her new book, "Math Doesn't Suck," was written to help middle-school age girls learn math without negatively affecting their popularity.
"I want to see girls embrace math who never thought they could,MBT Tariki Schuhe, and for them to understand the importance of developing a strong mind. Math is a fabulous mind strengthener - it like going to the gym, for your brain!" said actress/mathematician Danica McKellar in an interview with epidemiologist and blogger Tara C. Smith.
Ms. McKellar is also know for her roles in "Inspector Mom," "The West Wing," "How I Met Your Mother,MBT Imara Schuhe," "Walker, Texas Ranger," "Babylon5," and "NCIS," as well as having done voices on video games, like "X-Men Legends."
Although best know for her role as co-star and puppy-love interest to Fred Savage character as evin?on the popular he Wonder Years?sitcom, about growing up smack in the middle of the baby-boom years, Ms. McKellar understandably doesn want to be pigeonholed as hat child actress from that old TV series.?
After the series ended, when other actresses might have decided to pursue their acting career at the expense of their educations, McKellar enrolled at UCLA, where she later attained her Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics, summa cum laude. She has spoken at Rutgers University's biannual Statistical Mechanics conference, and she was featured in the Science section of the NY Times.
In mathematical trivia, she is one of the only people in the world to have a finite Erdosacon number, which is a person's degree of professional separation between the mathematician Paul Erdos and the actor Kevin Bacon.
Helping young women escape the "girls-can't-do-math" stereotype is a passion for McKellar. She not only encourages them learn math to improve their brains,Mbt Sandalen Katika, but she helps them realize that they still can be as feminine as they want to be while being smart. It's painful to still have to say it in the twenty-first century, but being smart does not have to make you un-cool.
In an era when so many actresses are getting publicity from one scandal after another, Ms. McKellar is a unique beacon in a sea of negative female role models. She even got a chance to speak to Congress about math and education in America middle schools and high schools.
Women have always suffered from a gender-bias in math, and McKellar wants to do something about it. Besides serving as a role model as a working actress,Mbt Sandalen Ema, and as a mathematician who has co-authored the "Chayes-McKellar-Winn Theorem" (concerning mathematical physics), she helps to raise money for children with cancer at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, tutors in math on her website, and is the national spokesperson for Math-a-Thon.
Don't think she's trying to create female nerds, though. Ms. McKellar has also done some sexy, but tasteful,Mbt Sandalen Swala, modeling that is proof positive that girls can be glamorous and popular, as well as smart. This seems like an entirely new take on "A Beautiful Mind."
The author of this article,Mbt Schuhe Flamme, Brian Foley (a.k.a. "Professor Homunculus") is the creator and web manager of and The Math Mojo Chronicles. He writes about the book "Math Doesn't Suck" at his.
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