Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail - Hardcover

McKellar, Danica

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1594630399 ISBN 13: 9781594630392

Publisher: Avery Pub Group, 2007

Synopsis

The mathematically advanced actress best known for her roles on The Wonder Years and The West Wing demystifies middle-school math concepts that are most challenging to today's student, sharing step-by-step instructions for developing real-world math skills.

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Review:

This groundbreaking book is just what this country needs (Dr Sally Ride, first American woman in space)

McKellar is probably the only person on prime-time television who moonlights as a cyberspace math tutor (New York Times)

Maths Doesn't Suck is well explained, fun and rigorous. A great balance between emphasising 'you can do this' while also recognising sometimes you have to work at things that are worthwhile. Danica makes it clear that girls can be smart and cool (Mary Wimbury, Director, UK Mathematics Trust)

Well written and entertaining ... I would very much welcome anything that may help to increase the percentage of girls taking maths (Dr Dorothy Duffy, London Centre of Nanotechnology, University College London)

About the Author:

Best known for her roles on The Wonder Years and The West Wing, Danica McKellar is also an internationally recognized mathematician and advocate for math education. A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA with a degree in Mathematics, Danica has been honored in Britain’s esteemed Journal of Physics and The New York Times for her work in mathematics, most notably for her role as co-author of a groundbreaking mathematical physics theorem, which bears her name (The Chayes-McKellar-Winn Theorem.) Her passion for promoting girls’ math education began in 2000, when she was invited to speak before Congress on the importance of women in math and science. Since then, Danica has made it a priority to find time in her busy acting schedule to promote math education, often appearing around the country as a speaker at national mathematics conferences.

About this edition

• Publisher: Avery Pub Group
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1594630399
• ISBN 13: 9781594630392
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 297