Danica McKellar

Danica Mae McKellar ( born January 3, 1975 in La Jolla, California) is an American actress and mathematician.

Life and achievements

First seen on television was McKellar in the television series The Twilight Zone ( The Twilight Zone ). She was known by the family series The Wonder Years, in which she played the role until 1993 Winnie Cooper from 1988.

In addition to several small roles in other television series McKellar played also in some rather insignificant films.

With the short film "speechless ... " she made her debut as a director.

In 2003, she played at the San Diego Repertory Theatre in the play proof the role of Catherine.

Until 1998, McKellar studied at UCLA, graduated with "summa cum laude" and was awarded the Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics. The Chayes - McKellar - Winn theorem is named after her, among other things. Even today, she has lectured at universities and works as a guest lecturer at UCLA.

McKellar wrote four non-fiction books, which have the goal of students to take the fear of mathematics: Math Does not Suck, Kiss My Math, Hot X: Algebra Exposed and Girls Get Curves - Geometry Takes Shape.

Private

2001 the composer Mike Verta learned McKellar know. On 22 March 2009, the two married in McKellar's hometown. The first child of the couple was born on September 7, 2010. In June 2012, the couple filed for divorce.

Filmography

Works

  • Chayes L, D McKellar, B Winn: Percolation and Gibbs states multiplicity for ferromagnetic Ashkin -Teller models on magnetic. In: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General. 31, No. 45, 1998, pp. 9055-9063. Bibcode: 1998JPhA ... 31.9055C. doi: 10.1088/0305-4470/31/45/005.
  • Danica McKellar: Math Does not Suck: How to Survive Middle- School Math without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail. Hudson Street Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-59463-039-2.
  • Danica McKellar: Kiss My Math: Showing Pre- Algebra Who's Boss. Hudson Street Press, 2008, ISBN 978-1-59463-049-1.
  • Danica McKellar: Hot X: Algebra Exposed. Hudson Street Press, 2010, ISBN 978-1-59463-070-5.
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