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Winnie the Math Whiz - with Danica McKellar

Jul 02, 202445 min
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Episode description

Catch a video version of this episode at: https://youtu.be/xMAiBBxQGZI

Danica McKellar is best-known for portraying girl-next-door Winnie Cooper in The Wonder Years - but she has also proven a math theorem (which bears her name) and writes books to inspire future mathematicians.

Check out her math website and books at: https://mckellarmath.com

And Danica’s general website at: https://danicamckellar.com

Danica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danicamckellar/

Danica’s books on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3VQdzny

Danica’s co-authored paper which led to the Chayes–McKellar–Winn theorem: https://scienceblogs.de/geograffitico/wp-content/blogs.dir/70/files/2012/07/i-5bb4f4203312f2a650f3294cf4ddac13-percolation.pdf

Brady’s dog Winnie: https://www.instagram.com/the_wonderful_winnie/

The Wonder Years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonder_Years

Jane Street opportunities (episode sponsor): https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/overview/

Jane Street’s Insight program as mentioned on the show: https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/programs-and-events/insight/

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