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Aug. 17, 2012
Actress Danica McKellar Helps "Girls Get Curves"
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In her newest book, Girls Get Curves: Geometry Take Shape, actress and math education advocate Danica McKellar teaches readers geometry, using her signature "girly" style. McKellar discusses the book, and tells why she chose to pair geometry lessons with tips for exercise and eating.
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Book excerpt: An introduction to logic and reasoning from Girls Get Curves
This SciArts slideshow showcases the photos of Robert V. Moody, who aims to show mathematicians as they "really are."
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Danica McKellar
Actress and math education advocate
Author "Girls Get Curves: Geometry Take Shape" (Hudson Street Press, 2012)
Los Angeles, California
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