Danica Mckellar
Acting ► Her biggest role was when she played Winnie Cooper on the TV show “The Wonder Years” ► After “The Wonder Years,” Danica had several small roles of a number of TV shows
Math ► While acting Danica decided to attend UCLA ► It is there that she fell in love with math ► Professor Lincoln Chayes ask Danica and a classmate, Brandy Winn, to assist with a scientific paper. ► The results were the 'Chayes-McKellar-Winn theorem'
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'Chayes-McKellar-Winn theorem' ► “Percolation and Gibbs states multiplicity for ferromagnetic Ashkin-Teller models on Z^2” ► It has to do with heating an iron magnet to a certain temperature which makes the iron bar stop magnetizing and when it cools, it continues to magnetize ► This theorem proves what that temperature is on a certain model for magnetism
Current Activity ► Since graduating, Danica has continued her acting career ► She has also published two books, Math Doesn't Suck and Kiss My Math, that helps young girls try to relate to math ► Both of them spent time on the New York Times children's bestseller list
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