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Girls Get Curves: Geometry Takes Shape

Girls Get Curves: Geometry Takes Shape

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  • Create Date：2022-01-17 09:56:14
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Danica McKellar
  • ISBN：0452298741
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Summary

Three-time New York Times bestselling author Danica McKellar and popular "Dancing With The Stars" contestant now makes it a breeze to excel in… 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 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 relatable 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！

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Reviews

Briana LS ，

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Othnelia ，

Not exactly what I was looking for。 Heavily directed toward girls and has self esteem tips inside？！ Could have and should have covered more about geometry and less about boys！

Sally Cripe ，

Very helpful。 I was able to relearn geometry in order to help my daughter with her homework。 Between this book， Khan Academy and YouTube， I learned what I needed。 Danica has a great way of explaining concepts， and of reminding you of underlying concepts that she explained in previous chapters。 The format of this book was quite appealing。 I don't think my 16 year old had as much patience to learn from Danica as I did， but having her read a small excerpt explanation worked when I could not verbali Very helpful。 I was able to relearn geometry in order to help my daughter with her homework。 Between this book， Khan Academy and YouTube， I learned what I needed。 Danica has a great way of explaining concepts， and of reminding you of underlying concepts that she explained in previous chapters。 The format of this book was quite appealing。 I don't think my 16 year old had as much patience to learn from Danica as I did， but having her read a small excerpt explanation worked when I could not verbalized a particular concept myself。 。。。more

McKinleyL ，

I love this series because it relates many topics teenage girls go through with math subjects that will interest you。 This series has helped me with advancing in harder geometric problems and relate to problems I use everyday。

Brandy Spielman ，

I'll be perfectly honest， I'm marking this as read though I admittedly only made it about halfway。 I enjoyed geometry in high school， and when I saw this for $1， I thought why not？ The author does a great job explaining the concepts， but as a grown women， the silly girlishness got to me eventually。 I can see teenage girls who don't love math loving this book though。 I'll be perfectly honest， I'm marking this as read though I admittedly only made it about halfway。 I enjoyed geometry in high school， and when I saw this for $1， I thought why not？ The author does a great job explaining the concepts， but as a grown women， the silly girlishness got to me eventually。 I can see teenage girls who don't love math loving this book though。 。。。more

Mary Ann ，

Love how she makes math simple for girls。 Will be another book that I want to own for girls。

Heather ，

Danica McKellar， actor （The Wonder Years） and mathematician， gives geometry a unique feminine spin in this must-have math reference book。 In addition to being a rock solid resource for struggling geometry students， McKellar’s goal seems to be to help readers see the value of geometry in their everyday lives。 To achieve this， she uses objects and situations from teen girls’ lives—like lipstick， crushes， and shopping—to illustrate various concepts。 Emphasizing the benefits of detuctive reasoning-- Danica McKellar， actor （The Wonder Years） and mathematician， gives geometry a unique feminine spin in this must-have math reference book。 In addition to being a rock solid resource for struggling geometry students， McKellar’s goal seems to be to help readers see the value of geometry in their everyday lives。 To achieve this， she uses objects and situations from teen girls’ lives—like lipstick， crushes， and shopping—to illustrate various concepts。 Emphasizing the benefits of detuctive reasoning--a skill developed through mastering geometric proofs--she offers step-by-step proofs and simple memory tricks will help readers understand each point。 McKellar also includes testimonials from women who have made math their career—not just as math teachers and professors， but as airplane designers， fashion magazine writers， software designers， and other professionals who use math every day。 。。。more

Kesha ，

Danica is a genius and the means in which she explores and exposes the geometric concepts is very plain and helpful。 I love the fun way she introduces the complex notions with fun real-life scenarios that will peak learners interests。 Fantastic read that could aid students from high school through college level。

John Orman ，

Actress and mathematician Danica McKellar is best known to me as Winnie Cooper on The Wonder Years TV show。 Bright and pretty， but very elusive for the Kevin Arnold character。Danica has written several books intended to get girls and women interested in science and mathematics。 In this book， Ms。 McKellar takes on Geometry specifically。 Loaded with circles and triangles， the book includes many theorems and their proofs， in an easy-to-understand format that served as a refresher on my own high sch Actress and mathematician Danica McKellar is best known to me as Winnie Cooper on The Wonder Years TV show。 Bright and pretty， but very elusive for the Kevin Arnold character。Danica has written several books intended to get girls and women interested in science and mathematics。 In this book， Ms。 McKellar takes on Geometry specifically。 Loaded with circles and triangles， the book includes many theorems and their proofs， in an easy-to-understand format that served as a refresher on my own high school Geometry class from about 50 years ago！Best of all， the book contains all the answers to the many questions and quizzes， many of them stated as clever puzzles。 。。。more

Elizabeth ，

As heard on the NPR Books podcast。 As heard on the NPR Books podcast。 。。。more

Chris ，

If only I had this book available to me when I was actually taking math classes in high school。 The topics were addressed at a level that made them comprehensible and paralleled them with ideas that had relevance to the average young lady。 I especially liked that there were examples with answers to check your understanding and work。 This book and the others by Danica would be on my list of recommendations for anyone seeking help with comprehending basic mathematics。

Joan Jacyno ，

combining math a girlly stuff is just awesome

Mary ，

The Wonder Years girl wrote this， remember Winnie？

Gretchen ，

*Warning。。。I got a little ranty towards the end。。。。This was an extreme challenge for me to read as Geometry is my least favorite of the math subjects。 Part of my reason for reading this was to find new and interesting ways to wrap my head around the concepts。 I did get some new ways to help with proofs。 Using "if。。。thens" to create the links needed will help greatly when trying to teach proofs。 I also came out with a better understanding of indirect proofs。 My struggle appeared probably a third *Warning。。。I got a little ranty towards the end。。。。This was an extreme challenge for me to read as Geometry is my least favorite of the math subjects。 Part of my reason for reading this was to find new and interesting ways to wrap my head around the concepts。 I did get some new ways to help with proofs。 Using "if。。。thens" to create the links needed will help greatly when trying to teach proofs。 I also came out with a better understanding of indirect proofs。 My struggle appeared probably a third of the way through this book。 I know that this book is written for girls and that it is supposed to help with self esteem。 However， as a 31 year old woman the examples， the illustrations， and doodles seemed to be a little shallow and overly girlie。 What about the example for the tomboy， the young woman who isn't into boys， or a doodle of a girl who isn't stick thin with hips and boobs？ I don't need a crown and wand to set apart the theorems。 In previous books this never bothered me （as I didn't notice it） but now that my daughter， who's 3， is developing likes and dislikes， I want her to know that she doesn't have to live in a prissy， pink， glittery box （although I think she would love that kind of box， she'd probably want to bring in a bucket of dirt）。 My last comment is Danica's goal is to show girls and the world that "math is sexy" and I'm not honestly sure that we need to make everything "sexy"。 Can't math and your competence at math be an expected quality like punctuality， cooperation， and general cleanliness？ 。。。more

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