The Numberphile Podcast

Winnie the Math Whiz - with Danica McKellar


Listen Later

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/

Numberphile is also supported by the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute: https://www.slmath.org

You can support Numberphile on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/numberphile

Here are our Patrons: https://www.numberphile.com/patrons

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Numberphile PodcastBy Brady Haran

  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9

4.9

445 ratings


More shows like The Numberphile Podcast

View all
In Our Time by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time

5,409 Listeners

More or Less: Behind the Stats by BBC Radio 4

More or Less: Behind the Stats

904 Listeners

The Infinite Monkey Cage by BBC Radio 4

The Infinite Monkey Cage

2,044 Listeners

Theoretical Physics - From Outer Space to Plasma by Oxford University

Theoretical Physics - From Outer Space to Plasma

59 Listeners

Cortex by Relay

Cortex

1,259 Listeners

Quanta Science Podcast by Quanta Magazine

Quanta Science Podcast

450 Listeners

Curious Cases by BBC Radio 4

Curious Cases

781 Listeners

The Unmade Podcast by Tim Hein and Brady Haran

The Unmade Podcast

669 Listeners

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas by Sean Carroll | Wondery

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

4,098 Listeners

Google DeepMind: The Podcast by Hannah Fry

Google DeepMind: The Podcast

194 Listeners

A Problem Squared by Matt Parker, Bec Hill

A Problem Squared

203 Listeners

Why This Universe? by Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman

Why This Universe?

328 Listeners

The Joy of Why by Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine

The Joy of Why

481 Listeners

Lateral with Tom Scott by Tom Scott and David Bodycombe

Lateral with Tom Scott

381 Listeners

Uncharted with Hannah Fry by BBC Radio 4

Uncharted with Hannah Fry

112 Listeners