Danica McKellar is known for her role as Winnie Cooper in the 1980 television series "The Wonder Years" and as Elsie Snuffin in "The West Wing".
But what many people don't know about this actress is that she is also a mathematical genius.
His path to becoming a mathematician acclaimed began when he took a break from acting after "The Wonder Years".
She has turned his attention to his studies and ended up graduating from UCLA with a rare distinction high after demonstrating a new theorem, mathematical theorem Chayes-McKellar-Winn.
Incredibly, Danica had struggled with mathematics in its early years, but discovered that his problems were caused by fear of the subject.
He realized she could help other students to overcome their phobia of mathematics so in 2007, he wrote his first book, Math Doesn't Suck "which quickly became a best-seller in the United States.
It was the first in a series of books that Danica wrote to help young girls have fun with math and realize that it is "cool" to be smart.
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