Girls Get Curves: Geometry Takes Shape (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780452298743)

New York Times bestselling author Danica McKellar makes it a breeze to excel in high school geometry

Hollywood actress and math whiz Danica McKellar has completely shattered the "math nerd" stereotype. For years, she's been showing girls how to feel confident and ace their math classes--with style With Girls Get Curves, she applies her winning techniques to high school geometry, giving readers the tools they need to feel great and totally "get" everything from congruent triangles to theorems, and more. Inside you'll find:

- Time-saving tips and tricks for homework and tests
- Illuminating practice problems (and proofs ) with detailed solutions
- Totally relateable real-world examples
- True stories from Danica's own life as an actress and math student
- A Troubleshooting Guide, for getting unstuck during even the trickiest proofs

With Danica as a coach, girls everywhere can stop hiding from their homework and watch their scores rise

Author: Danica McKellar
ISBN-10: 0452298741
ISBN-13: 9780452298743
Publisher: Plume Books
Language: English
Published: 07/02/2013
Pages: 413
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d

About the Author
Danica McKellar is a New York Times bestselling author of groundbreaking math books, including Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math, Girls Get Curves: Geometry Takes Shape, Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who's Boss, Hot X: Algebra Exposed!, and the Goodnight, Numbers series of children's books, and is a summa cum laude graduate of UCLA with a degree in mathematics. She is also well known for her acting roles on The Wonder Years, The West Wing, and multiple Hallmark Channel movies, and as a quarterfinalist on Dancing with the Stars. She lives with her family in Los Angeles.