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"Math doesn’t suck" – Interview with math whiz, author, and "Wonder Years" and "West Wing" actress Danica McKellar

August 11, 2007 /

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Full Story: http://scienceblogs.com/aetiology/2007/07/interview_with_math_whiz_autho.php#more

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Just add ‘author’ into McKellar’s equation

By Tracey Wong Briggs, USA TODAY

Days after Danica McKellar had scored exceptionally well on her first calculus midterm at UCLA, a classmate tapped her on the shoulder and said, " ‘Excuse me, aren’t you that girl …’

Full Story: http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-08-13-danica-mckellar_N.htm