Danica McKellar Maxim June 2010

Wonders Years star Danica McKellar poses in sexy lingerie for Maxim Magazine, June 2010. The 35-year-old former child actress and author/mathematician is expecting her first child with husband Mike Verta later this year.

Check out some highlights from her interview with the mag:

How did you go from child actress to math goddess?
When I got to college, I was intending to study film. But I found that my brain was feeling mushy, so I took a few math classes. I started doing really well at them, and solving equations was this, like, drug rush.

A drug rush from math?
It's true! Then, after graduation, an article came out about a paper I'd coauthored in which we proved a new theorem. From that, I was approached to write books, and I knew I wanted to help girls not be afraid of math. My latest, Hot X: Algebra Exposed!, is coming out in August.

Can math be sexy?
Totally! If a guy is skilled at anything, that's attractive. There's something very primal about that, and, sure, it can be as simple as figuring out the tip quickly.

What else turns you on?
Confidence is one of the sexiest things in guys and girls. Look at Michelle Pfeiffer: My God, she's 50 years old, but she is still so sexy. If I were into women, I would be totally into her.

Now, everyone remembers when Winnie and Kevin first kissed. Was that your actual first kiss?
It was, yeah, for both of us. I was 12, and he was 11. That was only about a week after we'd met, and we totally had crushes on each other. But we never kissed offscreen, ever.